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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data">the story of <a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid" title="Billy the Kid">Billy the Kid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Premiere</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="vevent">16 October 1938<br /><span class="summary"><a href="/wiki/Civic_Opera_House_(Chicago)" title="Civic Opera House (Chicago)">Civic Opera House (Chicago)</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original ballet company</th><td class="infobox-data">Ballet Caravan Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Setting</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wild_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild West">Wild West</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Billy the Kid</b></i> is a 1938 <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a> written by the American composer <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a> on commission from <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Kirstein" title="Lincoln Kirstein">Lincoln Kirstein</a>. It was choreographed by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Loring" title="Eugene Loring">Eugene Loring</a> for <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Ballet" title="New York City Ballet">Ballet Caravan</a>. Along with <i><a href="/wiki/Rodeo_(Copland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodeo (Copland)">Rodeo</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Spring" title="Appalachian Spring">Appalachian Spring</a></i>, it is one of Copland's most popular and widely performed pieces. It is most famous for its incorporation of several cowboy tunes and American folk songs and, although built around the figure and the exploits of <a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid" title="Billy the Kid">Billy the Kid</a>, is not so much a biography of a notorious but peculiarly appealing desperado as it is a perception of the "Wild West", in which a figure such as Billy played a vivid role.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It premiered on 16 October 1938<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Chicago by the Ballet Caravan Company, with pianists <a href="/wiki/Gold_and_Fizdale" title="Gold and Fizdale">Arthur Gold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hendl" title="Walter Hendl">Walter Hendl</a> performing a two-piano version of the score. The first performance in New York City occurred on 24 May 1939, with an orchestra conducted by Fritz Kitzinger. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Story">Story</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid_(ballet)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Setting:</b> New Mexico and Arizona, 1870s and 1880s </p><p>The story follows the life of the infamous outlaw <a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid" title="Billy the Kid">Billy the Kid</a>. It begins with "The Open Prairie" and shows many pioneers trekking westward. The action shifts to a small frontier town, in which a young Billy and his mother are present. His mother is killed by a stray bullet during a gunfight and he stabs her killer, then goes on the run. </p><p>The next scene shows episodes in Billy's later life. He is living in the desert, is hunted and captured by a posse (in which the ensuing gun battle features prominent percussive effects) and taken to jail. He manages to escape after stealing a gun from the warden during a game of cards and returns to his hideout, where he thinks he is safe, but sheriff <a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrett" title="Pat Garrett">Pat Garrett</a> catches up and shoots him to death. The ballet ends with "The Open Prairie" theme and pioneers once again travelling west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_numbers">Order of numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid_(ballet)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Order of numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Introduction: The Open Prairie</li> <li>Street Scene in a Frontier Town</li> <li>Mexican Dance and Finale</li> <li>Prairie Night (Card Game at Night, Billy and his Sweetheart)</li> <li>Gun Battle</li> <li>Celebration (After Billy's Capture)</li> <li>Waltz</li> <li>Billy's Death</li> <li>The Open Prairie Again</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instrumentation">Instrumentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid_(ballet)&action=edit&section=3" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>"Great Grandad"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Git_Along,_Little_Dogies" title="Git Along, Little Dogies">Git Along, Little Dogies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Old_Chisholm_Trail" title="The Old Chisholm Trail">The Old Chisholm Trail</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Old_Paint" title="Goodbye Old Paint">Goodbye Old Paint</a>"</li></ul> <p>It also includes the Mexican <a href="/wiki/Jarabe_Tapat%C3%ADo" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarabe Tapatío">Jarabe</a> dance, played in <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>5</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>8</b></sub></span></span></span></span> by a solo trumpet, just before "Goodbye Old Paint".<sup id="cite_ref-mcm_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cover">Cover</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid_(ballet)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eight movements of the ballet make up the first seven tracks of jazz guitarist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Frisell" title="Bill Frisell">Bill Frisell</a>'s album "<a href="/wiki/Have_a_Little_Faith_(Bill_Frisell_album)" title="Have a Little Faith (Bill Frisell 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1976, p. 57</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This premiere date is persistently but incorrectly listed as October 6 in many standard reference works and Copland biographies, but contemporary advertisements and reviews in Chicago newspapers confirm October 16 as the correct premiere date.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mcm-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mcm_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mcm_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War</i>. Oxford University Press. p. 74. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199888801" title="Special:BookSources/9780199888801"><bdi>9780199888801</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Music+for+the+Common+Man%3A+Aaron+Copland+during+the+Depression+and+War&rft.pages=74&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2008-12-11&rft.isbn=9780199888801&rft.au=Elizabeth+Bergman+Crist&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+the+Kid+%28ballet%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid_(ballet)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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(1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(1930_film)" title="Billy the Kid (1930 film)">Billy the Kid</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_Returns" title="Billy the Kid Returns">Billy the Kid Returns</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(1941_film)" title="Billy the Kid (1941 film)">Billy the Kid</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlaw" title="The Outlaw">The Outlaw</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Billy_the_Kid" title="Son of Billy the Kid">Son of Billy the Kid</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kid_from_Texas" title="The Kid from Texas">The Kid from Texas</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Handed_Gun" title="The Left Handed Gun">The Left Handed Gun</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_Versus_Dracula" title="Billy the Kid Versus Dracula">Billy the Kid Versus Dracula</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Little_Billy" title="Dirty Little Billy">Dirty Little Billy</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrett_and_Billy_the_Kid" title="Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid">Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_and_the_Green_Baize_Vampire" title="Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire">Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Guns_(film)" title="Young Guns (film)">Young Guns</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(1989_film)" title="Billy the Kid (1989 film)">Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Guns_II" title="Young Guns II">Young Guns II</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kid_(2019_film)" title="The Kid (2019 film)">The Kid</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Billy_the_Kidfilm_series(1940–46)85" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(film_series)" title="Billy the Kid (film series)"><i>Billy the Kid</i><br />film series</a><br />(1940–46)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_Outlawed" title="Billy the Kid Outlawed">Billy the Kid Outlawed</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_in_Texas" title="Billy the Kid in Texas">Billy the Kid in Texas</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Gun_Justice" title="Billy the Kid's Gun Justice">Billy the Kid's Gun Justice</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Range_War" title="Billy the Kid's Range War">Billy the Kid's Range War</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Fighting_Pals" title="Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals">Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_in_Santa_Fe" title="Billy the Kid in Santa Fe">Billy the Kid in Santa Fe</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_Wanted" title="Billy the Kid Wanted">Billy the Kid Wanted</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Round-Up" title="Billy the Kid's Round-Up">Billy the Kid's Round-Up</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_Trapped" title="Billy the Kid Trapped">Billy the Kid Trapped</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Smoking_Guns" title="Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns">Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Order_(1942_film)" title="Law and Order (1942 film)">Law and Order</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_of_Sage_Valley" title="Sheriff of Sage Valley">Sheriff of Sage Valley</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Rider_(1942_film)" title="The Mysterious Rider (1942 film)">The Mysterious Rider</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kid_Rides_Again" title="The Kid Rides Again">The Kid Rides Again</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fugitive_of_the_Plains" title="Fugitive of the Plains">Fugitive of the Plains</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Cyclone" title="Western Cyclone">Western Cyclone</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cattle_Stampede" title="Cattle Stampede">Cattle Stampede</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Renegade_(1943_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Renegade (1943 film) (page does not exist)">The Renegade</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Frontier" title="Blazing Frontier">Blazing Frontier</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Devil_Riders" title="Devil Riders">Devil Riders</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Outlaws" title="Frontier Outlaws">Frontier Outlaws</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Vengeance" title="Valley of Vengeance">Valley of Vengeance</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drifter_(1944_film)" title="The Drifter (1944 film)">The Drifter</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rustlers%27_Hideout" title="Rustlers' Hideout">Rustlers' Hideout</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Horse_Phantom" title="Wild Horse Phantom">Wild Horse Phantom</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Vengeance" title="Oath of Vengeance">Oath of Vengeance</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/His_Brother%27s_Ghost" title="His Brother's Ghost">His Brother's Ghost</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thundering_Gunslingers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thundering Gunslingers (page does not exist)">Thundering Gunslingers</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_of_Death" title="Shadows of Death">Shadows of Death</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gangster%27s_Den" title="Gangster's Den">Gangster's Den</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Settles_Down" title="Fuzzy Settles Down">Fuzzy Settles Down</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Outlaws" title="Stagecoach Outlaws">Stagecoach Outlaws</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Border_Badmen" title="Border Badmen">Border Badmen</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Bill_Carson" title="Fighting Bill Carson">Fighting Bill Carson</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Rustlers" title="Prairie Rustlers">Prairie Rustlers</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lightning_Raiders_(film)" title="Lightning Raiders (film)">Lightning Raiders</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terrors_on_Horseback" title="Terrors on Horseback">Terrors on Horseback</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_with_Guns" title="Gentlemen with Guns">Gentlemen with Guns</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_of_Hidden_Valley" title="Ghost of Hidden Valley">Ghost of Hidden Valley</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Badmen" title="Prairie Badmen">Prairie Badmen</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overland_Riders" title="Overland Riders">Overland Riders</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Outlaws_of_the_Plains" title="Outlaws of the Plains">Outlaws of the Plains</a></i> (1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tall_Man_(TV_series)" title="The Tall Man (TV series)">The Tall Man</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Billy_the_Kid_(film)" title="The Legend of Billy the Kid (film)">The Legend of Billy the Kid</a></i> (1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Billy_the_Kid" title="The Ballad of Billy the Kid">The Ballad of Billy the Kid</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrett_%26_Billy_the_Kid_(album)" title="Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (album)"><i>Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid</i> (album)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(Billy_Dean_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy the Kid (Billy Dean song)">Billy the Kid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Las_Cruces_Jail" title="Las Cruces Jail">Las Cruces Jail</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Billy the Kid</i> (ballet)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(Charlton_Comics)" title="Billy the Kid (Charlton Comics)"><i>Billy the Kid</i> (Charlton Comics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid_(Lucky_Luke)" title="Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke)"><i>Billy the Kid</i> (Lucky Luke)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Escorte" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Escorte">L'Escorte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Kid%27s_Old_Timey_Oddities" title="Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities">Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Authentic_Life_of_Billy,_the_Kid" title="The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid">The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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