Igor Stravinsky Libri
18 giugno 1882 – 6 aprile 1971
Igor Stravinsky si erge come un titano della musica del XX secolo, ampiamente riconosciuto come uno dei compositori più significativi e influenti. La sua opera possedeva uno spirito intrinsecamente cosmopolita che risuonò a livello globale. Oltre alle sue composizioni innovative, Stravinsky si guadagnò anche fama come pianista e direttore d'orchestra formidabile, spesso salendo sul podio per le prime delle sue stesse opere. È interessante notare la sua affermazione che la musica, per sua stessa natura, è impotente nell'esprimere alcunché.
Poetics of music in the form of six lessons
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
One of the greatest of contemporary composers has here set down in delightfully personal fashion his general ideas about music and some accounts of his own experience as a composer. Every concert-goer and lover of music will take keen pleasure in his notes about the essential features of music, the process of musical composition, inspiration, musical types, and musical execution. Throughout the volume are to he found trenchant comments on such subjects as Wagnerism, the operas of Verdi, musical taste, musical snobbery, the influence of political ideas on Russian music under the Soviets, musical improvisation as opposed to musical construction, the nature of melody, and the function of the critic of music. Musical people of every sort will welcome this first presentation in English of an unusually interesting book.
Igor Stravinsky, an Autobiography
- 196pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Stravinsky. Symphony in C
- 94pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
The Rake's Progress
Opera in three acts. HPS 739. Soli, Chor und Orchester. Studienpartitur.
- 368pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
The narrative follows the tragic and ironic journey of a wealthy heir, who descends into debt, madness, and ultimately death, inspired by a 1947 exhibition of William Hogarth's prints. The libretto by W. H. Auden and C. Kallman weaves together elements from classical pastoral, the Faust legend, fairy tales, circus, and biblical stories. Igor Stravinsky's music brilliantly integrates influences from the operatic canon, creating a unique work that transcends parody or imitation. This opera remains a significant piece of the 20th-century repertoire.
