Stravinsky's Ballets

Author(s): Charles M. Joseph

Theatre

Igor Stravinsky was a towering composer of the twentieth century and closely linked to dance. His early commissions for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - "The Firebird", "Petrouchka", and "The Rite of Spring" - put him on the international map. This survey analyses each of Stravinsky's ballet pieces.


Product Information

Charles M. Joseph is professor emeritus of music and the former dean and vice president of academic affairs, Skidmore College. He is the author of two previous books published by Yale University Press, Stravinsky and Balanchine, the winner of an ASCAP Award in Biography, and Stravinsky Inside Out.

General Fields

  • : 9780300118728
  • : Yale University Press
  • : Yale University Press
  • : 01 October 2011
  • : United States
  • : 01 November 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Charles M. Joseph
  • : Hardback
  • : 780.92
  • : 320
  • : 11 black-&-white illustrations