“Hoe-Down”

E409005

“Hoe-Down” is the lively, folk-inspired final section of Aaron Copland’s ballet *Rodeo*, famous for its use of American cowboy tunes and energetic rhythms.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hoe-Down 3
“Hoe-Down” canonical 2
Hoedown 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet movement ⓘ
concert arrangement ⓘ
orchestral piece ⓘ
associatedWith American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

cowboy culture ⓘ
basedOn American cowboy tunes ⓘ
American folk melodies ⓘ
choreographerOfOriginalBallet Agnes de Mille ⓘ
composer Aaron Copland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
danceTypeReference hoedown ⓘ
square dance ⓘ
era 20th-century classical music ⓘ
genre American classical ⓘ
ballet music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
hasArrangement concert band arrangement ⓘ
orchestral suite version from Rodeo ⓘ
solo piano arrangement ⓘ
hasRecognition one of Aaron Copland's most popular pieces ⓘ
influencedBy American folk tradition ⓘ
cowboy songs ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementNumber 4 ⓘ
notableFeature energetic rhythms ⓘ
lively dance character ⓘ
prominent use of brass ⓘ
prominent use of percussion ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
notableFor vivid depiction of rural American life ⓘ
orchestratedBy Aaron Copland ⓘ
partOf Rodeo ⓘ
positionInWork final section ⓘ
premieredAsPartOf Rodeo premiere ⓘ
premiereWorkPremiereDate 1942-10-16 ⓘ
premiereWorkPremierePlace Metropolitan Opera House, New York City ⓘ
style American Western ⓘ
folk-inspired ⓘ
tempoCharacter fast ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation brass ⓘ
full symphony orchestra ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
usedIn ballet performances of Rodeo ⓘ
concert repertoire ⓘ
pops orchestra programs ⓘ
workKey tonal with folk modality ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rodeo (ballet) → hasPart → “Hoe-Down” ⓘ
Rodeo (ballet) → notableSection → “Hoe-Down” ⓘ
Rodeo → hasPart → Hoe-Down ⓘ
linked to: “Hoe-Down”
Saturday Night Waltz → followedByInBallet → Hoe-Down ⓘ
subject linked to: “Saturday Night Waltz”
linked to: “Hoe-Down”
Trilogy → hasPart → Hoedown ⓘ
linked to: “Hoe-Down”
Saturday Night Waltz → precedesInWork → Hoe-Down ⓘ
linked to: “Hoe-Down”