When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky

When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky
Author: Lauren Stringer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547907257

Composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian comrades, worked together to bring a very different and new ballet to a Parisian audienceN"The Rite of Spring"Nand rioting filled the streets! Full color.

I, Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi
Author: Janice Shefelman
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2008-01-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0802853188

A picture book biography, told as if by Vivaldi himself, shows the famous musician's energetic personality and steadfast dedication to music.

Secret Lives of Great Composers

Secret Lives of Great Composers
Author: Elizabeth Lunday
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1594747466

Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. Here, you’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!

Travel

Travel
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1964
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

The Rite of Spring at 100

The Rite of Spring at 100
Author: Severine Neff
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253024447

When Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered during the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, its avant-garde music and jarring choreography scandalized audiences. Today it is considered one of the most influential musical works of the twentieth century. In this volume, the ballet finally receives the full critical attention it deserves, as distinguished music and dance scholars discuss the meaning of the work and its far-reaching influence on world music, performance, and culture. Essays explore four key facets of the ballet: its choreography and movement; the cultural and historical contexts of its performance and reception in France; its structure and use of innovative rhythmic and tonal features; and the reception of the work in Russian music history and theory. This version also includes audio and visual supplements designed to enhance understanding of this classic piece.

Composers

Composers
Author: David Bouchier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Composers
ISBN: 9780761112068

Behind the music--intrigue--romance--tragedy and genius... Fandex celebrates great composers, their work, and the world of classical music. Discover the first musical superstar--Lizst. The bourgeois Bach behind the heavenly Brandenburgs. Brahms, who grew up playing piano in bars and brothels, and Stravinsky, whose work incited a full-scale riot. It's every music lover's handheld deck of knowledge.

Billboard

Billboard
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2000-10-28
Genre:
ISBN:

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.