Stravinsky Retrospectives

Ethan Haimo, Paul Johnson

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780803223356
• eBook ISBN: 9781496236746
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

Igor Stravinsky left behind masterpieces in every major genre and worked in each of the most significant compositional styles of the twentieth century. His output was staggering, his innovations far-reaching and sometimes scandalous.

Stravinsky Retrospectives puts the diverse achievements of this protean composer into critical and historical perspective. The contributors provide a variety of perspectives on Stravinsky's work and career. Richard Taruskin examines Stravinsky's use of text, its relation to Russian folk music, and its consequences for his rhythmic practice. Milton Babbitt vastly extends our knowledge of Stravinsky's twelve-tone procedures. Paul Johnson, Ethan Haimo, and Joseph Straus all examine Stravinsky's neoclassical works. Claudio Spies looks at the early Russian influences on Stravinsky, and William Austin provides a nuanced analysis of Stravinsky's historical importance and of recent research on his many compositions.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Editors’ Preface
• Stravinsky’s “Fortunate Continuities” and “Legitimate Accidents,” 1882—1982 WILLIAM AUSTIN
• Stravinsky’s Verticals and Schoenberg’s Diagonals: A Twist of Fate MILTON BABBITT
• Problems of Hierarchy in Stravinsky’s Octet ETHAN HAIMO
• Cross-Collectional Techniques of Structure in Stravinsky’s Centric Music PAUL JOHNSON
• Conundrums, Conjectures, Construals; or, 5 vs. 3: The Influence of Russian Composers on Stravinsky CLAUDIO SPIES
• Sonata Form in Stravinsky JOSEPH STRAUS
• Stravinsky’s “Rejoicing Discovery” and What It Meant: In Defense of His Notorious Text Setting RICHARD TARUSKIN
• Index
• Back Cover