Stravinsky and the Russian Period: Sound and Legacy of a Musical Idiom

ISBN-13: 9781107021006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 328 str.

Pieter C van den Toorn

Opis

A fresh look at Stravinsky's musical style, from a variety of analytical, critical and aesthetic angles.

Recenzje

'There is a wealth of forensic detail about familiar van den Toornian topics like the octatonic scale or referential collection.' Anthony Gritten, Slavonic and East European Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Meter and metrical displacement in Stravinsky; 2. The octatonic scale; 3. A brief survey; 4. Meter, motive, and alignment in Les Noces - Stravinsky's block and layered structures; 5. Melody and harmony in Les Noces; 6. Meter, text, and alignment in Renard (1916) - Stravinsky's 'rejoicing discovery'; 7. Allegro! Renard reconsidered; 8. Melodic repeat structures in the music of Stravinsky, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov - another look at the symphonies of wind instruments (1920); 9. Issues of performance practice and aesthetic belief; 10. Stravinsky and his critics.