Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Klappentext A comprehensive and highly readable guide to Stravinsky's most revolutionary work. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive guide to Stravinsky's most revolutionary work! tells in vivid detail the story of its inception and composition and of the stormy rehearsals which led to the scandalous premiere. It provides a highly readable account of the music and concludes by posing a radical challenge to established views. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Prelude: 1. Origins; 2. Sketches; 3. Rehearsals; Part II. The Music: 4. Language; 5. Commentary; Part III. Aftermath: 6. Anthology; 7. Stravinsky's collaborators; 8. The Rite restored; 9. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hill, Hill Peter
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521622219
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62221-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history