[Original compositions and arrangements / Trude Rittman]. [ca. 1934-ca. 1975]

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988

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Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988) was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into films, as well as the original film musical Gigi (1958), which was first transferred to the stage in 1973....

Rome, Harold, 1908-1993

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Harold Jacob "Hecky" Rome (May 27, 1908 – October 26, 1993) was an American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Hartford Public High School. Originally, he chose to go to Trinity College, but transferred because he felt like a "townie". Rome played piano in local dance bands such as Eddie Wittstein's and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University. While at Yale, he also pledged to Tau...

Rittman, Trude

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The ballet Charade was composed by Trude Rittman based on American songs and social dances popular in the epoch of 1895-1910 incl. melodies of Stephen Foster & Louis Moreau Gottschalk. It was written for the American Ballet Caravan and was first performed in New York at the St. James Theater on December 26, 1939 with choreography by Lew Christensen. From the description of Adagio / [Trude Rittman]. [1939]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 227108254 ...

Nagrin, Daniel

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Nagrin was born May 22, 1917 in NYC; he received his early basic dance training and performance experience with the Experimental Dance Unit, under Bill Matons, with classes taught by Charles Weidman and the Dance Unit directed by Anna Sokolow; he also studied with Elizabeth Anderson-Ivantzova, Edward Caton, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and Helen Tamiris; as an American modern and theatrical dancer and choreographer he performed in Façade--expositione Italiana (1938), Liberty song (1942), Up in Ce...

Kidd, Michael, 1925-

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Blitzstein, Marc

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Marc Blitzstein was an American composer of theater works and oratorios. Shortly before his death in 1964, the Ford Foundation commissioned him to write an opera on the subject of Sacco and Vanzetti for production by the Metropolitan Opera, but the work was not finished. From the guide to the Letters received, 1960-1963, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) ...

Robbins, Jerome

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American dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks [microform]. 1937-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81722948 From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks. 1986-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79096064 American ballet dancer and choreographer primarily associated with American Ballet Theatre in the 1940s and the New York City Ballet since 1949; also, theatrical director and choreographer whose producti...

Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984

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Lew Christensen was a dancer, choreographer, teacher and ballet director. Caccialanza danced with the American Ballet, Ballet Caravan, Ballet Society, and San Francisco Ballet. Christensen and Caccialanza were married. From the description of Christensen-Caccialanza papers, 1903-1991. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430364157 ...

De Mille, Agnes

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American dancer and choreographer. From the description of An oral history interview with Agnes de Mille / conducted by Peggy Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1991 Aug. 9 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122537807 Agnes de Mille (b. 1909-d. 1993) was an American choreographer, dancer, and author. From the description of Papers, 1918-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat...