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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      03 December 2020
      17 December 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108381086
      9781108422192
      9781108434720
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108381086
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 370 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 372 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest, Music Criticism
      Series:
      Composers in Context
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    Subjects:
    Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest, Music Criticism
    Series:
    Composers in Context
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    Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged. The opening chapters draw on new research into the composer's childhood in St. Petersburg. Stravinsky's early, often traumatic upbringing is examined in depth, particularly in the context of his brother Roman's death, and religious sensibilities within the family. Further essays consider Stravinsky's years in exile at the centre of dynamic and ever-evolving cultural environments, the composer constantly refining his idiom and re-defining his aesthetics against a backdrop of world events and personal tragedy. The closing chapters review new material regarding Stravinsky's complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, whilst also anticipating his legacy from the varied perspectives of publishing, research and even - in the iconic example of The Rite of Spring - space exploration. The book includes previously unpublished images of the composer and his family.

    Reviews

    ‘a fascinating read for more-seasoned musicians … Recommended.’

    M. Neil Source: Choice Connect

    ‘The clarity and authority with which its contributions have been written and edited means that Stravinsky in Context will be accessible to a wide range of readers, not least on undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as appealing to intelligent non-specialist audiences.’

    Philip Ross Bullock Source: Slavonic and East European Review

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