Great Galloping Gottschalk Explained

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)^[1] at the Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts on 12 January 1982.^[2]

Music

The music, reminiscent of ragtime, consists of the following six selections from Gottschalk's piano works,^[3] orchestrated by Jack Elliott:

Since its ABT premiere, Great Galloping Gottschalk has been staged by numerous ballet companies, including the Pennsylvania Ballet,^[4] Carolina Ballet,^[5] BalletMet Columbus,^[6] Kansas City Ballet,^[7] and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.^[8]

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/03/arts/ballet-great-galloping-gottschalk.html Ballet: Great Galloping Gottschalk
http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/GGGOTTSC.html Program notes, Great Galloping Gottschalk
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-01-bk-15151-story.html Musical Genius, American Style
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).
http://www.carolinaballet.com/history.html Carolina Ballet. Company History
http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/GGGOTTSC.html BalletMet Columbus. Repertoire
http://www.kcballet.org/aboutus/repertory/ballets/greatgallopinggottschalk.html Kansas City Ballet. Repertory: Great Galloping Gottschalk
http://www.pbt.org/about/repertoire/ Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Repertoire