Ebony Concerto (Taras)
Ebony Concerto may refer to: * Ebony Concerto (Taras) by John Taras, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet * Ebony Concerto (Woetzel) by Damian Woetzel, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet *Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky) Igor Stravinsky wrote the ''Ebony Concerto'' in 1945 (finishing the score on December 1) for the Woody Herman band known as the First Herd. It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet, ...

Ebony Concerto (Taras)
Ebony Concerto may refer to: * Ebony Concerto (Taras) by John Taras, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet * Ebony Concerto (Woetzel) by Damian Woetzel, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet *Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky) Igor Stravinsky wrote the ''Ebony Concerto'' in 1945 (finishing the score on December 1) for the Woody Herman band known as the First Herd. It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet, ...

New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan"
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Ebony Concerto (Woetzel)
Ebony Concerto may refer to: *Ebony Concerto (Taras) by John Taras, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet * Ebony Concerto (Woetzel) by Damian Woetzel, a ballet in the repertory of New York City Ballet *Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky) Igor Stravinsky wrote the ''Ebony Concerto'' in 1945 (finishing the score on December 1) for the Woody Herman band known as the First Herd. It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet, ...