Stravinsky: A Critical Survey, 1882-1946One of the most original and influential composers of our time, Igor Stravinsky (1882 1971) developed an entirely new musical idiom, one that has profoundly influenced the course of 20th-century music. In this immensely readable and concisely written critical and biographical portrait, the renowned Stravinsky scholar Eric Walter White surveys and comments on the evolution of the composer's work through 1946. Highly informative and sensitively written, the text provides fascinating behind-the-scenes accounts of the background and composition of such masterworks as "The Firebird," "Petrouchka," "Le Sacre du Printemps," "Pulcinella," "Historie du Soldat," "Reynard," "Les Noces," and other important scores. |
