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| has gloss | eng: Monumentum pro Gesualdo is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Igor Stravinsky composed in honor of the 400th birthday of Don Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravinskys orchestrations of Don Carlos madrigals. The premiere took place on Wednesday, November 16th, 1960, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery and lighting by David Hays (new lighting by Ronald Bates in 1974) and was conducted by Robert Irving; the composer conducted the score's orchestral premiere on Tuesday, September 27th, 1960 for the XXIII Venice Music Festival at La Fenice. |
| lexicalization | eng: Monumentum pro Gesualdo |
| instance of | (noun) a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers ballet, concert dance |
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