{"id":2287,"date":"2018-04-11T17:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T17:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripm.org\/cnc\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2018-04-11T19:57:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:57:31","slug":"remembering-stravinsky-forty-seven-years-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnc.ripm.org\/?p=2287","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Stravinsky <\/br>Forty-Seven Years After His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 6th was the 47th anniversary of the death of the composer Igor Stravinsky, who first achieved international recognition for his three ballets commissioned by impresario Serge Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes: The Firebird<\/em> (1910), Petrushka<\/em> (1911), and The Rite of Spring<\/em> (1913).<\/p>\n

The illustration below appeared in the Harvard Musical Review<\/em>\u00a0less than one year after the first performance of The Rite of Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Harvard Musical Review, <\/em>Vol. 2 No. 7 (April 1914): 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

The French journal Musica<\/em> published these comments after the premiere of\u00a0The Firebird<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The new work was, ultimately, the Firebird<\/em>; which was the most important artistic event of this Ballet Russe<\/em> season. It is an admirable spectacle \u2026 this tale danced in one act has\u00a0 exceptional musical value. For that very reason, and especially for that reason, it deserves special mention.<\/p>\n

A true dance music that remains nevertheless real music! \u2026 that is well worth being especially praised.<\/p>\n

It reveals a young Russian composer of the greatest talent: Mr. Igor Stravinsky.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Musica, <\/em>Vol. 9 No. 95 (1 August 1910): 119.<\/span><\/p>\n

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