Lincoln Kirstein's Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis
In the late 1930s, Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996), noted impresario and later cofounder of the New York City Ballet (1948), conceived a large-scale ballet called Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis that included a section on John Brown. Although the work was never completed, Aaron Copland was to have written the score, and Erick Hawkins would have been one of the choreographers.
In the late 1930s, Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996), noted impresario and later cofounder of the New York City Ballet (1948), conceived a large-scale ballet called <em>Memorial Day: Dances for Democracy in Crisis</em> that included a section on John Brown. Although the work was never completed, Aaron Copland was to have written the score, and Erick Hawkins would have been one of the choreographers.