Stravinsky's ballets / Charles M. Joseph.
| Author/creator | Joseph, Charles M. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xviii, 298 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Yale music masterworks series Yale music masterworks. ^A690532 |
| Contents | From St. Petersburg to Paris: the road to recognition -- The Firebird: Diaghilev, Fokine, and Stravinsky -- Petrouchka: the piano and the puppet -- The Rite of Spring: gateway to modernism -- A new approach, a new collaboration: the pathway to Apollo -- America -- A counterpoint of minds: Agon -- Terpsichorean hybrids -- Dancing a legacy: Balanchine and beyond. |
| Abstract | Stravinsky, a towering composer of the twentieth century, was closely linked to dance. His early commissions for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes--The Firebird, Petrouchka, and The Rite of Spring--put him on the international map and propelled both ballet and music into the modern age. Even so, these brilliant pieces were but a prelude to Stravinsky's lifelong exploration of dance and dance idioms, as the author convincingly demonstrates in this penetrating survey of all of the composer's ballet music. He provides analyses of each of Stravinsky's ballet pieces, examining the composer's own drafts, notes, and sketches to discover how he conceived of and developed each work. The book also explores how Stravinsky's unorthodox new music energized colleagues, among them George Balanchine, and attracted a glittering array of artists including Tamara Karsavina, Vaslav Nijinski, Picasso, and Jean Cocteau. Joseph creates an intense, intimate portrait of Stravinsky and offers a fresh perspective on the musical revolutionary who changed the definition of music made for dance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-286) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011011116 |
| ISBN | 9780300118728 |
| ISBN | 0300118724 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S932 J675 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |