Stravinsky Books

Rite of Spring: Sacre Du Printemps (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library) One of the seminal works of the 20th century and a milestone in the history of music, The Rite of Spring famously caused a riot at it's first performance in Paris in 1913. Since then, this revolutionary masterpiece has found its place as one of the most performed and admired scores of the twentieth century. Stravinsky Books.

The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky (Cambridge Companions to Music) Stravinsky's work spanned the major part of the twentieth century and engaged with nearly all its principal compositional developments. This Companion reflects the breadth of Stravinsky's achievement and influence in essays by leading international scholars on a wide range of topics. It is divided into three parts dealing with the contexts within which Stravinsky worked (Russian, modernist and compositional), with his key compositions, Russian, neoclassical and serial, and with the reception of his ideas, through performance, analysis and criticism.

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Cambridge Music Handbooks) The Rite of Spring is Stravinsky's most revolutionary work. This important new book provides a comprehensive guide to the work, telling in vivid detail the story of its inception and composition, of the stormy rehearsals which led to the scandalous premiere on 29 May 1913, and of Stravinsky's later betrayal of the ballet's first choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky. At the same time, in a radical reassessment of the work's musical values, Peter Hill probes beneath the surface of the music to reveal an architectural conception of unsuspected guile and subtlety. A feature of the book is a detailed discussion of the work in performance, drawing on recordings by the Rite's greatest interpreters, Stravinsky himself included. Finally, the significance of the Rite is thoroughly reviewed in a hard-hitting conclusion which poses a radical challenge to the orthodox view of the work. Stravinsky Books.

The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version) This score is a must for all students of Stravinsky and his ballets. It includes a list of instruments and English translations of the stage directions. The Firebird is one of of Stravinsky's most popular scores and is equally well received today as it was at its triumphant premiere in Paris almost 80 years ago. Stravinsky Books.

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