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100 1 a| Griffiths, Paul,d| 1947 November 24-=| ^A311847;

245 10 a| Stravinsky /c| Paul Griffiths.;

250 a| First American edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Schirmer Books :b| Maxwell Macmillan International,c| 1993.;

300 a| xiii, 253 pages, 8 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| The Master musicians;

500 a| First published in Great Britain by the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.;

520 a| As the twentieth century draws to a close, Stravinsky's stature as one of its master musicians is indisputable. His active career as a composer covered fully two-thirds of the century, from the songs and the symphony he wrote as a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St. Petersburg to the music on sacred themes he produced as an old man in Los Angeles. Between these early and late works stretched a creative life that included triumphs of the Ballets Russes such as The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring; children's piano pieces; works based on Greek myth and on Russian peasant theatre; new approaches to concerto grosso form as well as to ragtime; liturgies as well as sketches for circus band; reworkings of ideas from the Baroque, and explorations of possibilities no one had dreamed of. Stravinsky's influence is incalculable and, like his output, extraordinarily wide in range. It has been felt by composers from Debussy and Schoenberg to those who had not yet been heard from when he died in 1971. In his long and honored life he came into contact with people from Tchaikovsky and Ravel to T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden, from Benito Mussolini to John F. Kennedy, from Picasso, Nijinsky, and Cocteau to Louis B. Mayer. This new study surveys Stravinsky's vastly variegated life and output in one chronological sweep, showing how certain basic images and principles emerge again and again in the music, but also emphasizing his capacity to start afresh, to confront us not with one Stravinsky but with many. Since Stravinsky's death, publication of his correspondence and other material has made possible a deeper investigation of his creative methods. Profiting from this, and exploring the works both as individual creations and as elements in a wider context, Paul Griffiths's book is a new and stimulating guide to Stravinsky's life and music.;

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Stravinsky / Paul Griffiths.

Author/creator	Griffiths, Paul
Format	Book
Edition	First American edition.
Publication Info	New York : Schirmer Books : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.
Description	xiii, 253 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composers--Russia. --Biography.

Series	The Master musicians Master musicians series. ^A260201
Contents	Childhood -- Apprenticeship -- The Firebird -- Petrushka -- The Rite of Spring -- Three Japanese lyrics and a Chinese opera [The Nightingale] -- Around Les Noces -- Histoire du Soldat and other rags -- Pergolesi and after [Pulcinella] -- A Russian opera and an octet [Mavra] -- Piano and pianola -- A Latin opera [Oedipus Rex] -- The muses' summer [Apollo] -- Symphony of Psalms -- Stravinsky's violin -- A French melodrama [Persephone] -- Cards and concertos -- Symphony in C -- Symphony in three movements -- The mass of Orpheus -- An American opera [The Rake's Progress] -- New songs -- Ag-Canticum sacrum-on [Agon] -- Threnodies, movements and monuments -- Stories from the Bible -- Memorials -- Silence -- Appendices: A. Calendar -- B. List of works -- C. List of recordings -- D. Personalia -- E. Bibliography.
Abstract	As the twentieth century draws to a close, Stravinsky's stature as one of its master musicians is indisputable. His active career as a composer covered fully two-thirds of the century, from the songs and the symphony he wrote as a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St. Petersburg to the music on sacred themes he produced as an old man in Los Angeles. Between these early and late works stretched a creative life that included triumphs of the Ballets Russes such as The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring; children's piano pieces; works based on Greek myth and on Russian peasant theatre; new approaches to concerto grosso form as well as to ragtime; liturgies as well as sketches for circus band; reworkings of ideas from the Baroque, and explorations of possibilities no one had dreamed of. Stravinsky's influence is incalculable and, like his output, extraordinarily wide in range. It has been felt by composers from Debussy and Schoenberg to those who had not yet been heard from when he died in 1971. In his long and honored life he came into contact with people from Tchaikovsky and Ravel to T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden, from Benito Mussolini to John F. Kennedy, from Picasso, Nijinsky, and Cocteau to Louis B. Mayer. This new study surveys Stravinsky's vastly variegated life and output in one chronological sweep, showing how certain basic images and principles emerge again and again in the music, but also emphasizing his capacity to start afresh, to confront us not with one Stravinsky but with many. Since Stravinsky's death, publication of his correspondence and other material has made possible a deeper investigation of his creative methods. Profiting from this, and exploring the works both as individual creations and as elements in a wider context, Paul Griffiths's book is a new and stimulating guide to Stravinsky's life and music.
Local note	Little-294559--305131000602L
General note	First published in Great Britain by the Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
LCCN	92046649
ISBN	0028714830 (hard cover) :

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