Music of Stravinsky

Name: Music of Stravinsky
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ISBN: 9780198163756

ISBN-10: 0198163754

ISBN-13: 9780198163756

Edition: 1993

Authors: Stephen Walsh

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Stravinsky was one of the most original creative musicians of the twentieth century. In a career spanning six decades he composed a glittering sequence of works of astonishing diversity, from the three vividly colorful early Russian ballets, through the sharp wit and purity of his neo-classical scores and the powerful spirituality of works like the Symphony of Psalms and the Mass, to the highly individual application of serialism in the late works. This is a critical survey of Stravinsky's entire output in chronological order written in an accessible style for students, scholars, and all music lovers. Walsh draws on recent literature and the composer's own letters and sketches to provide…

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List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.232



Acknowledgements


Note to the Paperback Edition



Biographical Introduction



A Russian in St Petersburg: The Firebird



A Russian in Paris: Petrushka and The Rite of Spring



Willing Exile: The Wedding



Enforced Exile: The Soldier's Tale



Synthesis: Mavra and the New Classicism



The Christian Rites of Spring: Oedipus and Persephone



A Citizen of France: Concerto and Symphony



A Citizen of America: Tango and Symphony



The Rake's Progress



The Final Spring: Agon and Threni



Requiem aeternam


Notes


Bibliography


List of works


Index