Appalachian Spring

1944 ballet by Martha Graham and Aaron Copland
MusicRecording ballet Q620638
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Appalachian Spring

Summary

Appalachian Spring is a ballet[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ballet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (904 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Appalachian Spring's instance of is recorded as ballet[3].
  • Appalachian Spring's instance of is recorded as choreographic work[4].
  • Appalachian Spring's composer is recorded as Aaron Copland[5].
  • Appalachian Spring's commissioned by is recorded as Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation[6].
  • 1943 marks the founding of Appalachian Spring[7].
  • Appalachian Spring's sponsor is recorded as Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge[8].
  • Appalachian Spring's date of first performance is recorded as October 30, 1944[9].
  • Appalachian Spring's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Appalachian Spring'}[10].
  • Appalachian Spring's choreographer is recorded as Martha Graham[11].
  • Appalachian Spring's scenographer is recorded as Isamu Noguchi[12].
  • Appalachian Spring's location of first performance is recorded as Coolidge Auditorium[13].
  • Appalachian Spring's form of creative work is recorded as ballet[14].
  • Appalachian Spring's first performance by is recorded as Martha Graham Dance Company[15].
  • Appalachian Spring's orchestration is recorded as 1.0.1.1-0.0.0.0-pft-strings(2.2.2.2.1)[16].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Ballet[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5c4dd92e-9eee-41b0-bc5b-48d58bd81551[18]

Why It Matters

Appalachian Spring ranks in the top 2% of ballet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (904 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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