At the corners, the bowed windows lighted the paneled dining rooms, which were arranged en suite with the parlors and libraries.
The best units, on the front, had the dining room, drawing room and library arranged en suite -- with the connecting doors open, the rooms could be joined to make a space for entertaining 42 feet long.
In particular, Constant Lambert was a great admirer; from it he arranged a suite and in collaboration with Edward Dent arranged the work to form the then new Covent Garden opera company's first postwar production.
By that time, the composer had already arranged orchestral suites from the ballet music so that Spartacus could reach the broadest possible audience.
Arranged in suites that attempted to approximate the mood of Casa Casuarina, the accumulations of the designer's life were carted off by happy buyers, some of whom were interested in the resale value, many of whom came for a Versace souvenir.
The pieces were selected by the artist Barbara Bloom from among 25,000 in the collection of the Jewish Museum and are arranged in a suite of ornate rooms in the early-20th-century Upper East Side house the museum occupies.
Constructed almost entirely of travertine stone, a beautiful, marble-like substance, the hotel has 140 guest rooms, including eight suites and 65 junior suites, arranged in an airy semi-circle around the thermal pools.
A colleague of Bizet's, Ernest Guiraud, later arranged a second suite.
Next came "Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra," a suite arranged by the conductor John Mauceri.
"A Big Band Christmas," with "Nutcracker Suite," arranged by Duke Ellington; "S'vivon," a Hanukkah song arranged by David Berger; and other works.
