In Memory Of ... (ballet)
In Memory of ... is a ballet in one act made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins to Berg's Violin Concerto (To the Memory of an Angel) of 1935 (written on the death of Manon Gropius, daughter of Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler's widow, and Walter Gropius), based on themes from Mahler, a Carpathian folk song, and Bach's O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20. The premiere took place on 13 June 1985 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery by , costumes by and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. A recording aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 1987.[1]
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- ^ "In Memory of... A Ballet By Jerome Robbins". Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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- Ballets by Jerome Robbins
- Ballets to the music of Alban Berg
- Ballets to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ballets designed by Jennifer Tipton
- 1985 ballet premieres
- New York City Ballet repertory