Author

Publication

2000-12-11 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00023703
  • LibraryThing37656
  • Goodreads436128

Classifications

  • LCCML410.S932 H55 2000

Description

"This 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 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 conclusion which poses a radical challenge to the orthodox view of the work."--Jacket.

First Sentence

The idea of Le Sacre du printemps came to me while I was still composing The Firebird.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Cambridge Music Handbooks)HardcoverCambridge University Press2000-12-11

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