Stravinsky and his world / edited by Tamara Levitz.
| Other author | Levitz, Tamara, 1962- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2013. |
| Description | xvi, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Stravinsky in exile / Jonathan Cross -- Who owns Mavra?: a transnational dispute / introduction and notes by Tamara Levitz ; translations by Bridget Behrmann, Katya Ermolaev, Laurel E. Fay, Alexandra Grabarchuk, and Tamara Levitz -- Stravinsky's Russian library / Tatiana Baranova Monighetti -- The futility of exhortation: pleading in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and Orpheus / Gretchen Horlacher -- Symphonies and Funeral games: Lourié's critique of Stravinsky's neoclassicism / Klára Móricz -- Arthur Lourié's Eurasianist and neo-Thomist responses to the crisis of art / introduction and notes by Klára Móricz ; translation by Bridget Behrmann, Katya Ermolaev, Yasha Klots, Tamara Levitz, Klára Móricz, and Boris Wolfson -- Igor the Angeleno: the Mexican connection / Tamara Levitz -- Stravinsky speaks to the Spanish-speaking world / introduction by Leonora Saavedra ; interviews translated by Mariel Fiori in collaboration with Tamara Levitz ; document notes by Tamara Levitz -- The Poétique musicale: a counterpoint in three voices / Valérie Dufour ; translated by Bridget Behrmann and Tamara Levitz -- Stravinsky: the view from Russia / Svetlana Savenko ; translated by Philipp Penka -- Stravinsky's cold war: letters about the composer's return to Russia, 1960-1963 / letters translated by Philipp Penka with Alexandra Grabarchuk ; introduction, commentary, and notes by Tamara Levitz -- "The precision of poetry and the exactness of pure science": Nabokov, Stravinsky, and the reader as listener / Leon Botstein. |
| Abstract | This book brings together an international roster of scholars to explore fresh perspectives on the life and music of Stravinsky. Situating the composer in new intellectual and musical contexts, the essays in this volume shed valuable light on one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. Contributors examine Stravinsky's interaction with Spanish and Latin American modernism, rethink the stylistic label "neoclassicism" with a section on the ideological conflict over his lesser-known opera buffa Mavra, and reassess his connections to his homeland, paying special attention to Stravinsky's visit to the Soviet Union in 1962. The essays also explore Stravinsky's musical and religious differences with Arthur Lourié, delve into Stravinsky's collaboration with Pyotr Suvchinsky and Roland-Manuel in the genesis of his groundbreaking Poetics of Music, and look at how the movement within stasis evident in the scores of Stravinsky's Orpheus and Oedipus Rex reflected the composer's fierce belief in fate. Rare documents--including Spanish and Mexican interviews, Russian letters, articles by Arthur Lourié, and rarely seen French and Russian texts--supplement the volume, bringing to life Stravinsky's rich intellectual milieu and intense personal relationships. The contributors are Tatiana Baranova, Leon Botstein, Jonathan Cross, Valérie Dufour, Gretchen Horlacher, Tamara Levitz, Klára Móricz, Leonora Saavedra, and Svetlana Savenko. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0691159874 |
| ISBN | 9780691159874 |
| ISBN | 0691159882 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780691159881 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S932 L43 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |