{"product_id":"the-music-of-stravinsky-collected-essays-hardcover","title":"The Music of Stravinsky: Collected Essays - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePieter C. Van Den Toorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinskymay have been the greatest as well. Stretching across forty or so years, the essays in this volume address the dynamics of Igor Stravinsky's music from a variety of analytical, critical, and aesthetic angles. Underscored are the features of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form that would remain consistently a part of Stravinsky's oeuvre regardless of the changes in orientation from the Russian period to the neoclassical and the early serial. \u003cem\u003eThe Rite of Spring (1913), Les Noces\u003c\/em\u003e (1917-23), the \u003cem\u003eSymphony of Psalms\u003c\/em\u003e (1930), and the\u003cem\u003e Symphony in Three Movements\u003c\/em\u003e (1945) are discussed in detail, as are many of the circumstances attending their conception. Other concerns include the composer's \"formalist\" aesthetics and the strict performing style he pursued as an interpreter and conductor of his music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePieter C. van den Toorn\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of music emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, in1938, he attended Amherst College and Harvard University before studying for several years with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, France. Subsequently, in 1986, he recieved his phD in music from University of California, at Berkeley. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe music of Igor Stravinsky \u003c\/em\u003e(1983), \u003cem\u003eStravisnky and \"The Rite of Spring\" \u003c\/em\u003e(1987), \u003cem\u003eMusic, Politics, and the Academy \u003c\/em\u003e(1995), \u003cem\u003eStravinsky and the Russian Period \u003c\/em\u003e(2012), with John McGinness, and \u003cem\u003eSimply Stravinsky \u003c\/em\u003e(2020). \u003cem\u003eStravisnsky and \"The Rite of Spting\" \u003c\/em\u003ewon the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award and the outstanding of the Society for Music Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 502\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748681220384,"sku":"9789814968621","price":113.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af85cf97e5829eb1ab618cba80c2e4d9.webp?v=1779913693","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-music-of-stravinsky-collected-essays-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}