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Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged. The opening chapters draw on new research into the composer's childhood in St. Petersburg. Stravinsky's early, often traumatic upbringing is examined in depth, particularly in the context of his brother Roman's death, and religious sensibilities within the family. Further essays consider Stravinsky's years in exile at the centre of dynamic and ever-evolving cultural environments, the composer constantly refining his idiom and re-defining his aesthetics against a backdrop of world events and personal tragedy. The closing chapters review new material regarding Stravinsky's complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, whilst also anticipating his legacy from the varied perspectives of publishing, research and even - in the iconic example of The Rite of Spring - space exploration. The book includes previously unpublished images of the composer and his family.

Composers --- Music --- History and criticism. --- Stravinsky, Igor, --- Stravinsky, Igor --- Stravinski, Igor --- Strawinsky, Igor --- Strawinski, Igor --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Stravinskij, Igor' Fëdorovič --- Istrāvīnskī, Īgūr, --- Stravinski, Igor, --- Stravinskiĭ, I. F. --- Stravinskiĭ, Igorʹ Fedorovich, --- Stravinskij, Igor Fiodorovič, --- Strawiński, Igor Fiodorowicz, --- Strawinskij, Igor, --- Strawinsky, I. --- Strawinsky, Igor, --- Strawinsky, Jgor, --- Стравинский, Игорь, --- סטראווינסקי, איגור --- סטראוינסקי, איגור

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The idea that the body plays an essential role in music has stimulated a wide range of new approaches in recent musicology. This book tries to apply them to the music of Igor Stravinsky from the perspective of the creative process and the construction of meaning. Most of the works examined are compositions for theatre and dance, and the analyses address many other features of the spectacle, such as choreography, scenography, stage, and television direction.  That said, many compositions not intended for the stage are also considered from the perspective of the ‘embodied’ creative process and their implicit bodily expressiveness. Each chapter focuses on a number of Stravinsky's most famous and significant works, from the Firebird to the late serial compositions. A special place is reserved for the latter, which undoubtedly constitute the least well-known part of Stravinsky’s output. The chapters are accompanied by a large number of analyses that invite readers to go ‘beyond’ the musical text while still relying on it, allowing them to understand how the strong physicality clearly perceived in Stravinsky's music can be associated with some of its formal and structural characteristics.  In so doing, the book encourages the reader to overcome overly rigid dichotomies such as formalist/contextualist, or historical/ analytical.

Ballets --- Body language in art --- Musical analysis --- History and criticism --- Stravinsky, Igor, --- Stravinski, Igor --- Human body in music --- Stravinskij, Igor' Fëdorovič --- Istrāvīnskī, Īgūr, --- Stravinski, Igor, --- Stravinskiĭ, I. F. --- Stravinskiĭ, Igorʹ Fedorovich, --- Stravinskij, Igor Fiodorovič, --- Strawiński, Igor Fiodorowicz, --- Strawinskij, Igor, --- Strawinsky, I. --- Strawinsky, Igor, --- Strawinsky, Jgor, --- Стравинский, Игорь, --- סטראווינסקי, איגור --- סטראוינסקי, איגור --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Body, Human, in music --- Music --- Stravinsky, Igor