A pianist and composer , Ms. Rittmann was first hired by Lincoln Kirstein in 1937 , played piano for George Balanchine 's American Ballet Caravan -- a forerunner of the New York City Ballet -- and was a concert pianist for the choreographer Agnes de Mille .
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