Delight of the Muses

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See also: New York City Ballet repertory

Delight of the Muses is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master in chief Peter Martins to eponymous music by Charles Wuorinen commissioned by City Ballet as part of its commemoration of the bicentennial of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer has taken fragments of Mozart piano sonatas K.231 and K. 283 and music from Don Giovanni for this tribute to Mozart. The premiere took place on January 29, 1992, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.