{"product_id":"21261-balanchine-george-kellaway-roger-pamtgg-presentation-copy-to-george-balanchine","title":"[Balanchine, George. (1904–1983)] Kellaway, Roger. (b. 1939) \"PAMTGG\"  - Presentation Copy to George Balanchine","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eLarge format published facsimile manuscript orchestral score for the ballet \"PAMTGG\" (Pan Am Makes the Going Great), inscribed by the composer to the father of American ballet in red ink above the printed dedication opposite the first page of music, \"Dear George, I can never thank you  enough for giving me the opportunity to work with you.  It has been the purest and most rewarding experience of my life - working with you and for you. with love, Roger Kellaway.\" 137 pp, approximately 19 pages with minor annotations (musical notation, \"Dancer ---\u0026gt;\" and other cues, instrumentation etc.) in same red ink. Textured black paper wrappers, plastic comb binding, 19.5\"h x 14\"w. Pages somewhat toned, plastic comb somewhat worn, overall very fine. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eChoreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet, \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ePAMTGG was a futuristic fantasy about airport procedures, premiering on June 17, 1971. A later review in Newsweek notes that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"for all its frivolity, PAMTGG does display, once more, Balanchine's uncanny skill at catching the aesthetic potential in America's mass culture and at fusing pop dance with ballet. Slightly dated in its style, the dancing of PAMTGG seems to have been inspired by the sort of mock ballet once seen on the Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason shows. Somehow Balanchine can create grace out of tackiness and art out of kitsch.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"space-top space-bottom\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eGrammy Award winner and Academy Award nominated Pianist\/Composer Roger Kellaway has recorded more than two hundred and fifty albums and collaborated with an extraordinarily wide spectrum of fellow musicians from Ellington to Elvis, Joni Mitchell to Barbra Streisand, and Quincy Jones to Yo-Yo Ma. W\u003c\/span\u003eriting in the music fields of jazz, classical and “pop”, also scoring for films and television, his commissions include the present ballet for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet, orchestral pieces for the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the New American Orchestra, and a variety of chamber works for Carnegie Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093775863967,"sku":"21261","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/H2037-L259348840.jpg?v=1722190275","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21261-balanchine-george-kellaway-roger-pamtgg-presentation-copy-to-george-balanchine","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}