<P> Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz is a "symphonie dramatique", a large - scale work in three parts for mixed voices, chorus, and orchestra, which premiered in 1839 . Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy - Overture (1869, revised 1870 and 1880) is a 15 - minute symphonic poem, containing the famous melody known as the "love theme". Tchaikovsky's device of repeating the same musical theme at the ball, in the balcony scene, in Juliet's bedroom and in the tomb has been used by subsequent directors: for example, Nino Rota's love theme is used in a similar way in the 1968 film of the play, as is Des'ree's Kissing You in the 1996 film . Other classical composers influenced by the play include Henry Hugh Pearson (Romeo and Juliet, overture for orchestra, Op. 86), Svendsen (Romeo og Julie, 1876), Delius (A Village Romeo and Juliet, 1899--1901), Stenhammar (Romeo och Julia, 1922), and Kabalevsky (Incidental Music to Romeo and Juliet, Op. 56, 1956). </P> <P> The play influenced several jazz works, including Peggy Lee's "Fever". Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder contains a piece entitled "The Star - Crossed Lovers" in which the pair are represented by tenor and alto saxophones: critics noted that Juliet's sax dominates the piece, rather than offering an image of equality . The play has frequently influenced popular music, including works by The Supremes, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, and Taylor Swift . The most famous such track is Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet". </P> <P> The most famous musical theatre adaptation is West Side Story with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim . It débuted on Broadway in 1957 and in the West End in 1958 and became a popular film in 1961 . This version updated the setting to mid-20th - century New York City and the warring families to ethnic gangs . Other musical adaptations include Terrence Mann's 1999 rock musical William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, co-written with Jerome Korman, Gérard Presgurvic's 2001 Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour and Riccardo Cocciante's 2007 Giulietta & Romeo . </P> <P> Romeo and Juliet had a profound influence on subsequent literature . Before then, romance had not even been viewed as a worthy topic for tragedy . In Harold Bloom's words, Shakespeare "invented the formula that the sexual becomes the erotic when crossed by the shadow of death". Of Shakespeare's works, Romeo and Juliet has generated the most--and the most varied--adaptations, including prose and verse narratives, drama, opera, orchestral and choral music, ballet, film, television, and painting . The word "Romeo" has even become synonymous with "male lover" in English . </P>

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