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Some of the classic Balanchine ballets such as Concerto Barocco, Jewels, Four Temperaments etc., are very modern in their musicality, dramaturgy and style.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018

But festival director George Vass isn't averse to quirkier fare, so pianist/composer John McCabe, another Presteigne stalwart, could perform Hindemith's rarely heard concertante work The Four Temperaments, which counterbalanced balletic energy with a more melancholy mood.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2010

“I remember, when I started going to see Balanchine’s work, I thought that what I loved in it was the austerity and the purity, the non-narrative quality. I loved ‘Agon,’ I loved ‘The Four Temperaments.’

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2000

Her precise, whippet-quick movements are best showcased in Four Temperaments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Temperaments with their cravings and refusals do determine men in their philosophies, and always will.

From Pragmatism by James, William