Collected Essays: Avatar of Modernity

Name: Collected Essays: Avatar of Modernity The Rite of Spring Reconsidered - Livro - Igor Stravinsky - Hal Leonard
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ISBN: 9780851628233

The Rite of Spring Reconsidered

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RELEASE DATE: June 2013

18 Essays in English

This richly illustrated collection of 18 essays provides an overview of current research on “The Rite of Spring,” opening new perspectives on the work and itsimpact.

Turning to previously unknown sources, the essays cover the circumstances of the Rite's emergence, its contexts and revolutionary potential, as well as its cultural background, poised between archaism and modernity.The myths surrounding the work are critically examined, and the first century of its international reception is viewed from a wide range of vantage points, from choreographic and musical realizations to the responses of composersand analysts.

With contributions by Jan Assmann, Jonathan Bernard, Tobias Bleek, John E. Bowlt, Esteban Buch, Jonathan Cross, Lynn Garafola, Paul Griffiths, Edmund Griffiths, Claudia Jeschke, Stefanie Jordan, Andreas Meyer,Herfried Münkler, Robert Piencikowski, Swetlana Savenko, Arne Stollberg, Richard Taruskin and Stephen Walsh.