Research Catalog

Title

Songs, 1906-1920 / Igor Stravinsky.

Author

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Publication

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Description

1 score (xiii, 138 pages) : facsimiles; 31 cm

Summary

• Most famous for his revolutionary ballets Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky produced several brilliant sets of solo songs, heavily influenced by Russian folk music but transformed by his own remarkable sensibility. This striking repertoire of vocal music is now collected for the first time in a single affordable volume.
• Among the texts set to music are a pair of poems by Paul Verlaine, "Un Grand Sommeil Noir" ("A Great Black Slumber") and "La Lune Blanche" ("The White Moon"); Pushkin's "The Faun and the Shepherdess", with French and German texts; "Con Queste Paroline", from Stravinsky's ballet version of Pergolesi's Pulcinella; and several original interpretations of traditional Russian songs.
• All scores are for voice and piano, with the instrumental ensemble accompaniments to "Three Japanese Lyrics", "Pribaoutki" ("Nonsense Rhymes"), and "Berceuses du Chat" ("Cat's Cradle Songs") appearing in full score as well as in piano reduction, thus providing a fascinating opportunity to compare the two versions. This unprecedented collection also contains several earlier works, including the elegant "Pastorale" of 1907.

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections

Alternative Title

Vocal music.

Subject

• Songs with piano
• Songs with chamber orchestra > Scores
• Songs with chamber orchestra > Vocal scores with piano
• Songs (Low voice) with instrumental ensemble > Scores

Genre/Form

• Vocal scores.
• Songs.
• Scores.
• Arrangements (Music)

Note

• A new compilation of works originally published separately, with new translations of the song texts prepared by Stanley Appelbaum specially for this collection. Includes facsimiles of original title pages.
• All scores are for voice and piano, with the instrumental ensemble accompaniments to "Three Japanese lyrics", "Pribaoutki" (Nonsense rhymes"), and "Berceuses du chat" ("Cat's cradle songs") appearing in full score as well as in piano reduction to provide an opportunity to compare the two versions.

Language (note)

• Russian words (except "Con queste paroline," which is in Italian); some songs with English, French, and/or German translations; words also printed separately as text in English; some songs also have words printed separately as text in French, German, and/or Russian.

Contents

Favn i pastushka, op. 2 : [piano reduction] -- Pastorale (1907) -- Dva Romansy, op. 6 -- Deux poèmes de Paul Verlaine -- Dva stikhotvorenii͡a k Balʹmonta -- Tri stikhotvorenii͡a iz i͡aponskoĭ liriki : [piano reduction] -- Tri pesenki -- Pribaoutki : [piano reduction] -- Berceuses du chat : [piano reduction] -- Trois histoires pour enfants -- Quatre chants russes -- Con queste paroline -- Tri stikhotvorenii͡a iz i͡aponskoĭ liriki : [full score] -- Pribaoutki : [full score] -- Berceuses du chat : [full score] -- Zvi͡ezdolikiĭ : [piano reduction].

ISBN

• 048643821X
• 9780486438214

LCCN

9780486438214

OCLC

• 58977153
• ocm58977153
• SCSB-14433056

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library