Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Billy the Kid (1938)

ballet


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1938
    • Duration: 35 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussionists, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 6 October 1938
    Location:

    États-Unis, Chicago (avec deux pianos) ; 24 mai 1939, New York


    Performers:

    Fritz Kitzinger, direction.