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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:G._Schirmer
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gptkbp:adaptation
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film adaptation in 1959
ballet adaptation by Alvin Ailey
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Opera_Recording
gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Revival_of_a_Musical
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gptkbp:based_on
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Du Bose Heyward's novel Porgy
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed reviews at premiere
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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considered a classic of American opera
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gptkbp:cultural_significance
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explores African American life in the early 20th century
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:George_C._Wolfe
gptkb:Diane_Paulus
gptkb:Otto_Preminger
gptkb:Gershwin_himself
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gptkbp:first_performance
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Alvin Theatre, New York City
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:theatre
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent American musicals
theater productions globally
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:orchestra
American folk music
blues music
spirituals
classical music traditions
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gptkbp:influences
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African American culture
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gptkbp:instrument
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gptkb:orchestra
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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performed in concert halls and opera houses
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Du_Bose_Heyward
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gptkbp:notable_performance
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performed by opera companies worldwide
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gptkbp:notable_performers
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gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:Audra_Mc_Donald
gptkb:Leontyne_Price
Willie James
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gptkbp:notable_recordings
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multiple recordings by various artists
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gptkbp:notable_song
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gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
It Ain't Necessarily So
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gptkbp:official_language
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English
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gptkbp:orchestration
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syncopated rhythms
vocal harmonies
bluesy melodies
rich orchestral textures
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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September 30, 1935
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gptkbp:setting
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Catfish Row, Charleston, South Carolina
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gptkbp:themes
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community and belonging
race relations
love and struggle
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