Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One

Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 992
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520293489
ISBN-13 : 0520293487
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One by : Richard Taruskin

Download or read book Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One written by Richard Taruskin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he defines Stravinsky's relationship to the musical and artistic traditions of his native land and gives us a dramatically new picture of one of the major figures in the history of music. Taruskin draws directly on newly accessible archives and on a wealth of Russian documents. In Volume One, he sets the historical scene: the St. Petersburg musical press, the arts journals, and the writings of anthropologists, folklorists, philosophers, and poets. Volume Two addresses the masterpieces of Stravinsky's early maturityÑPetrushka, The Rite of Spring, and Les Noces. Taruskin investigates the composer's collaborations with Diaghilev to illuminate the relationship between folklore and modernity. He elucidates the Silver Age ideal of "neonationalism"Ñthe professional appropriation of motifs and style characteristics from folk artÑand how Stravinsky realized this ideal in his music. Taruskin demonstrates how Stravinsky achieved his modernist technique by combining what was most characteristically Russian in his musical training with stylistic elements abstracted from Russian folklore. The stylistic synthesis thus achieved formed Stravinsky as a composer for life, whatever the aesthetic allegiances he later professed. Written with Taruskin's characteristic mixture of in-depth research and stylistic verve, this book will be mandatory reading for all those seriously interested in the life and work of Stravinsky.


Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One Related Books

Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One
Language: en
Pages: 992
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-27 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor o
Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume Two
Language: en
Pages: 798
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-27 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor o
Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume Two
Language: en
Pages: 798
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor o
Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions
Language: en
Pages: 798
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-07-15 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Taruskin demonstrates how Stravinsky achieved his modernist technique by combining what was most characteristically Russian in his musical training with stylist
Defining Russia Musically
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Richard Taruskin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-25 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

with an air of alterity--sensed, exploited, bemoaned, reveled in, traded on, and defended against both from within and from without." The author's goal is to ex