The Music of Stravinsky

Collected Essays

Pieter C. van den Toorn (University of California, U.S.A.)

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Jenny Stanford Publishing
12 May 2023

20th century & contemporary classical music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

"The most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky may have been the greatest as well. Stretching across forty or so years, the essays in this volume address the dynamics of Igor Stravinsky’s music from a variety of analytical, critical, and aesthetic angles. Underscored are the features of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form that would remain consistently a part of Stravinsky’s oeuvre regardless of the changes in orientation from the Russian period to the neoclassical and the early serial. The Rite of Spring (1913), Les Noces (1917–23), the Symphony of Psalms (1930), and the Symphony in Three Movements (1945) are discussed in detail, as are many of the circumstances attending their conception. Other concerns include the composer’s ""formalist"" aesthetics and the strict performing style he pursued as an interpreter and conductor of his music."

By: Pieter C. van den Toorn (University of California U.S.A.)
Imprint: Jenny Stanford Publishing
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.140kg
ISBN: 9789814968621
ISBN 10: 9814968625
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 12 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Pieter C. van den Toorn is professor of music emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, in1938, he attended Amherst College and Harvard University before studying for several years with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, France. Subsequently, in 1986, he recieved his phD in music from University of California, at Berkeley. His books include The music of Igor Stravinsky (1983), Stravisnky and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1987), Music, Politics, and the Academy (1995), Stravinsky and the Russian Period (2012), with John McGinness, and Simply Stravinsky (2020). Stravisnsky and ""The Rite of Spting"" won the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award and the outstanding of the Society for Music Theory."