Le Chant du rossignol - Feu d'artifice - Pétrouchka
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Title:
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Le Chant du rossignol - Feu d'artifice - Pétrouchka |
Otros títulos:
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El Canto del Ruiseñor - Fuegos Artificiales - Petrushka |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Igor Strawinsky; Lorin Maazel; Vienna Philharmonic |
Código CDU:
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Str.04 |
Forma Musical:
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Ballet, Poema sinfónico, Música Orquestal |
Abstract:
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Like the other two masterworks of Igor Stravinsky's early career, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, Petrushka was written and produced in close collaboration with Serge Diaghilev, producer-director of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky has written of how he wished to refresh himself after the enormously successful Firebird by composing a Konzertstück (concert piece) for piano and orchestra. Piano vs. orchestra turned out to be a more accurate description, as Stravinsky eventually conceived of the piano representing a puppet endowed with life and contending with trumpet blasts and other violence from the orchestra. He titled it Petrushka after, in his words, "the immortal and unhappy hero of every fair in all countries." When Diaghilev paid a visit to Stravinsky in the summer of 1910, he immediately perceived the dramatic possibilities of the work, and they agreed on a full-length ballet exploring Petrushka's adventures, tragedy and death at the Shrovetide Fair of St. Petersburg. Alexandre ... |
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