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Spartacus (Russian: «Спартак», Spartak) is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record.
This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. Ballets ... Symphonic Pictures from Spartacus (1955) Greeting (or Salutatory) Overture (1958)
The first movement begins with a bell motif that gives the symphony its nickname, "but it immediately falls into the Technicolor, Armenian-flavored style familiar from Khachaturian's ballet Spartacus," James Reel writes. [2] "A mournful section develops, carried mainly by the strings, and is repeatedly thrown into contrast with the alarming ...
After completing Spartacus, since the late 1950s, Khachaturian focused less on composition, and more on conducting, teaching, bureaucracy and travel. [29] He served as the President of the Soviet Association of Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with Latin American States from 1958 [ 14 ] and was a member of the Soviet Peace Committee (since ...
Ballets by Aram Khachaturian. ... Spartacus (ballet) This page was last edited on 26 March 2013, at 22:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Spartacus Suite No. 2, I: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Khachaturian; Concierto de Aranjuez, II: Adagio / Joaquín Rodrigo; Can't Stop the Classics (Part 2) - 6:30 Fanfare Intro / Louis Clark; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture / Richard Wagner; Peter and the Wolf / Sergei Prokofiev; Marche Slave / Tchaikovsky
Although Khachaturian considered the score to be complete, he reluctantly agreed to add another dance in the last act. [5] [6] [7] "Sabre Dance" is considered one of the signature pieces of 20th-century popular music. [8] It was popularized by covers by pop artists, [9] first in the U.S. in 1948 and later elsewhere.
Melodic elements bear a similarity to passages from the "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" section of the 1956 ballet Spartacus (Suite No. 2) by Aram Khachaturian. [ 10 ] The original recording, from an arrangement by Gaudio and Artie Schroeck , was made at A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A), at 799 7th Avenue in New York City , with ...