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Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime
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Cover of the piano score for John Alden Carpenter's Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime (1922). Title page of the piano score for John Alden Carpenter's Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime (1922).
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Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime

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Cover of the piano score for John Alden Carpenter's Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime (1922).
Cover of the piano score for John Alden Carpenter's Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime (1922).

Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime is a ballet composed by John Alden Carpenter in 1922. It is based on George Herriman's popular comic strip of the same name. Carpenter was an American composer known for being one of the first to incorporate jazz rhythms into orchestral music.12

The ballet's plot, like the comic strip, centers on the characters Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offissa Pupp. The original comic strip featured a unique dynamic where Krazy Kat misinterpreted Ignatz Mouse's brick-throwing as affection, while the policeman Offissa Pupp tried to maintain order.2

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  1. John Alden Carpenter
  2. George Herriman

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