The Music of Stravinsky - Brossura

Walsh, Stephen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198163754 ISBN 13: 9780198163756

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1993

Riassunto

Stravinsky is one of the most original creative musicians of the 20th century. In a career spanning six decades he composed a glittering sequence of works of astonishing diversity, from the three, vividly colourful early Russian ballets, through the sharp wit and purity of his `neo-classical' scores and the powerful spirituality of works like the Symphony of Psalms and the Mass, to the highly individual application of serialism in the late works.

Here is a critical survey of Stravinsky's entire output in chronological order from an authoritative lucid guide. Its author, Stephen Walsh, has effortlessly assimilated the new literature on the composer, has examined many of Stravinsky's letters and sketches, and is able, in continuously questioning received views, to provide fresh insight into Stravinsky's works. He argues persuasively that Stravinsky needs to be seen as a whole, and that the works are more closely connected in style and method than is generally acknowledged, with changes in stylistic posture secondary in importance.

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Recensione:

`Welcome paperback edition of this definitive and perceptive survey from an accomplished scholar.' BBC Music Magazine

Stephen Walsh's chronological critique, The Music of Stravinsky, first published in 1988, remains perhaps the most authoritative and personal. (BBC Music)

Descrizione del libro:

A lucid, authoritative guide

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0198163754
• ISBN 13: 9780198163756
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 326