Stravinsky & Balanchine : a journey of invention /

Drawing on extensive new research, Charles M. Joseph discusses the Stravinsky-Balanchine ballets against a rich contextual backdrop. He explores the background and psychology of the two men, the dynamics of their interactions, their personal and professional similarities and differences, and the pol...

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Main Author: Joseph, Charles M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
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Table of Contents:
  • Commonalities and contrasts : a meeting of minds
  • At the crossroads : the intercession of Diaghilev
  • An early encounter : Le chant du Rossignol
  • From Delos to Paris : the voyage of Apollo
  • The evolution of Apollo : poetry, musical architecture, and choreographic equilibrium
  • A new beginning : Kirstein, America, and Jeu de cartes
  • The war years
  • Passage to Orpheus
  • Agon : recapturing the past and confronting the future
  • The evolution of Agon's musical structure
  • Choreography or carpentry? : assembling a visual complement to the music of Agon
  • Television, the Flood, and beyond
  • After Stravinsky
  • Unity and balance in Stravinsky's Violin concerto.