| Contents |
Point of order -- Sketches, editions, and revisions. The sketchbook ; The revisions -- Stravinsky re-barred. Music criticism ; Les Noces (1914-23) ; Histoire du Soldat (1918) ; "Evocation of the ancestors" ; "Sacrificial dance" ; A conclusion -- Rhythmic structure. Prototypes ; "Ritual of the rival tribes" ; "Procession of the sage" ; "Ritual of abduction" -- Pitch structure: a Russian heritage -- Part I: Pitch structure. Sketches for the "Augurs of spring" ; The octatonic pitch collection ; Preliminary survey ; The diatonic component ; The interval-5 cycle ; Summations -- Part II: Pitch structure. Introduction ; "Sacrificial dance" ; The pitch-class set ; Conclusions. |
| Abstract |
This book expands on the context of The Rite of Spring's conception as a ballet, the sketches, the emergence of a critical tradition, and the numerous revisions that followed its celebrated premiere on May 29, 1913. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 215-217) and index. |
| LCCN | 86031778 |
| ISBN | 0520059581 (alk. paper) |
