Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Couverture rigide

Hill, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521622212 ISBN 13 : 9780521622219

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Cambridge Music Handbooks pour Ouvrages de référence publié en 2000 sous la référence 9780521622219 par Cambridge University Press. A comprehensive and highly readable guide to Stravinsky's most revolutionary work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Rite of Spring is Stravinsky's most revolutionary work. This important new book provides a comprehensive guide to the work, telling in vivid detail the story of its inception and composition, of the stormy rehearsals which led to the scandalous premiere on 29 May 1913, and of Stravinsky's later betrayal of the ballet's first choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky. At the same time, in a radical reassessment of the work's musical values, Peter Hill probes beneath the surface of the music to reveal an architectural conception of unsuspected guile and subtlety. A feature of the book is a detailed discussion of the work in performance, drawing on recordings by the Rite's greatest interpreters, Stravinsky himself included. Finally, the significance of the Rite is thoroughly reviewed in a hard-hitting conclusion which poses a radical challenge to the orthodox view of the work.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521622212
• ISBN 13: 9780521622219
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184