Prelude, Fugue and Riffs is a "written-out" jazz-in-concert-hall composition composed by Leonard Bernstein for a jazz ensemble featuring solo clarinet...
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A prelude and fugue is a musical form generally consisting of two movements in the same key for solo keyboard. In classical music, the combination of...
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Anxiety (after W. H. Auden) for Piano and Orchestra (1949, revised in 1965) Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble (1949) Serenade after...
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composed Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble, dedicated to Benny Goodman. "Leonard Bernstein - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1941-42)...
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Maestro (2023 film) (category Films about classical music and musicians)
centers on the relationship between American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. It was directed by Bradley Cooper, from a screenplay...
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Leonard Bernstein (category ASCAP composers and authors)
On the Waterfront (1954); and Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, composed in 1949, but only premiered in 1955, for jazz big band and solo clarinet. In 1953, Bernstein...
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West Side Story (2021 film) (category Films about race and ethnicity)
score by Johnny Green for the 1961 film (e.g., interpolation of the "Cool" fugue motif into the "Prologue", the extended trumpet solo in "Mambo"). Dudamel...
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West Side Story (redirect from Riff (character))
(Andantino con grazia), Meeting Scene (Meno mosso), "Cool" Fugue (Allegretto), Rumble (Molto allegro), and Finale (Adagio). It premiered on February 13, 1961...
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Wonderful Town (category Musicals by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
"Conquering New York" and "Conversation Piece" both quote Bernstein's piece for solo clarinet and jazz ensemble, "Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs", premiered by Benny...
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lyrics and Leonard Bernstein composed the music. In the original stage version, Anita – the girlfriend of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks, and the most...
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