by Maureen A. Carr After the Rite: Stravinsky’s Path to Neoclassicism (1914–1925) (Oxford UP, 2014) traces the evolution of Stravinsky’s compositional process with excerpts from The Nightingale, Three Pieces for String Quartet, Renard, Histoire du soldat, Étude for Pianola,… Read More
by Mark DeVoto I have just returned from a short visit to New York where, at the Guggenheim Museum, I saw the exhibition called Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe, which will remain until September 1. I had hoped to see some items that would expand a bit on Stravinsky’s… Read More
Perséphone was a mélodrame (with speakers, vocal soloists, chorus, dance troupe, and orchestra) premiered at the Paris Opéra on 30 April 1934 by Ida Rubinstein’s ballet company. The libretto was by André Gide, with music by Stravinsky. Perséphone was directed… Read More