Great Galloping Gottschalk
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Great Galloping Gottschalk is a contemporary ballet with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, set to the music of American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. It premiered with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT)[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/03/arts/ballet-great-galloping-gottschalk.html Ballet: Great Galloping Gottschalk] New York Times, May 3, 1982. at the Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts on 12 January 1982.[http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/GGGOTTSC.html Program notes, Great Galloping Gottschalk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015042742/http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/GGGOTTSC.html |date=2009-10-15 }} Notes compiled by Gerard Charles, BalletMet, February 1998
Music
The music, reminiscent of ragtime, consists of the following six selections from Gottschalk's piano works,[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-01-bk-15151-story.html Musical Genius, American Style] Los Angeles Times orchestrated by Jack Elliott:
- Souvenir de Porto Rico
- The Dying Poet
- Tournament Galop
- La Savane and Oh ma charmante, épargnez-moi!
- Le Bananier
- Manchega
Productions
Since its ABT premiere, Great Galloping Gottschalk has been staged by numerous ballet companies, including the Pennsylvania Ballet,[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27117150_ITM Impeccable Balanchine is forecast for the PENNSYLVANIA BALLET'S performances of Raymonda Variations and The Four Temperaments, with Lynne Taylor-Corbett's Great Galloping Gottschalk, a proven favorite, also on the bill (October 3-7).] Pennsylvania Ballet, 2001 Fall Preview
Carolina Ballet,[http://www.carolinaballet.com/history.html Carolina Ballet. Company History] on Carolina Ballet Website
and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.[http://www.pbt.org/about/repertoire/ Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Repertoire] on Pittsburg Ballet Theater.org