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Foreword: a total artwork: memorable resonances and reverberations in The rite
Acknowledgments
Editorial notes
Introductory essay: Stravinsky's Russia and the politics of cultural ferment
Part I. Dancing Le sacre across the century. 1. A century of Rites: the making of an avant-garde tradition ; 2. The rite of spring as a dance: recent re-visions ; 3. Re-sourcing Nijinsky: The rite of spring and Yvonne Rainer's RoS indexical ; 4. Death by dancing in Nijinsky's Rite
Part II. Le sacre and Stravinsky in France. 5. Le sacre du printemps: a ballet for Paris ; 6. Styling Le sacre: The rite's role in French fashion ; 7. The rite of spring, national narratives, and estrangement ; 8. Formalizing a "purely acoustic" musical objectivity: another look at a 1915 interview with Stravinsky ; 9. Racism at The rite
Part III. Observations on Le sacre in Russia. 10. Commentary and observations on Le sacre in Russia: an overview ; 11. Stravinsky, Roerich, and old Slavic rituals in The rite of spring ; 12. Orchestral sketches of Le sacre du printemps in the National Library of Russia ; 13. Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov: his analytical comments on The rite of spring ; 14. Leonard Bernstein's 1959 triumph in the Soviet Union ; 15. The rite of spring in Russia ; 16. "I penetrated the mystery of the spring lapidary rhythms": Baroque topoi in The rite of spring ; 17. "The great sacrifice": contextualizing the dream ; 18. An interview with composer Vladimir Tarnopolski
Part IV. The sounds of Le sacre. 19. The physicality of The rite: remarks on the forces of meter and their disruption ; 20. How not to hear Le sacre du printemps? Schoenberg's theories, Leibowitz's recording ; 21. Rethinking blocks and superimposition: form in the "Ritual of the two rival tribes" ; 22. Stravinsky at the crossroads after The rite: "Jeu de rossignol mécanique" (Performance of the mechanical nightingale) (1 August 1913) ; 23. Dissonant bells: The rite's "Sacrificial dance" 1913/2013 ; 24. Revisiting The rite in Stravinsky's later serial music ; 25. Dionysos Monometrikos plenary essay: Resisting The rite
Bibliography
List of contributors
General index
Index of composers and their works
Index of choreographers.
Acknowledgments
Editorial notes
Introductory essay: Stravinsky's Russia and the politics of cultural ferment
Part I. Dancing Le sacre across the century. 1. A century of Rites: the making of an avant-garde tradition ; 2. The rite of spring as a dance: recent re-visions ; 3. Re-sourcing Nijinsky: The rite of spring and Yvonne Rainer's RoS indexical ; 4. Death by dancing in Nijinsky's Rite
Part II. Le sacre and Stravinsky in France. 5. Le sacre du printemps: a ballet for Paris ; 6. Styling Le sacre: The rite's role in French fashion ; 7. The rite of spring, national narratives, and estrangement ; 8. Formalizing a "purely acoustic" musical objectivity: another look at a 1915 interview with Stravinsky ; 9. Racism at The rite
Part III. Observations on Le sacre in Russia. 10. Commentary and observations on Le sacre in Russia: an overview ; 11. Stravinsky, Roerich, and old Slavic rituals in The rite of spring ; 12. Orchestral sketches of Le sacre du printemps in the National Library of Russia ; 13. Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov: his analytical comments on The rite of spring ; 14. Leonard Bernstein's 1959 triumph in the Soviet Union ; 15. The rite of spring in Russia ; 16. "I penetrated the mystery of the spring lapidary rhythms": Baroque topoi in The rite of spring ; 17. "The great sacrifice": contextualizing the dream ; 18. An interview with composer Vladimir Tarnopolski
Part IV. The sounds of Le sacre. 19. The physicality of The rite: remarks on the forces of meter and their disruption ; 20. How not to hear Le sacre du printemps? Schoenberg's theories, Leibowitz's recording ; 21. Rethinking blocks and superimposition: form in the "Ritual of the two rival tribes" ; 22. Stravinsky at the crossroads after The rite: "Jeu de rossignol mécanique" (Performance of the mechanical nightingale) (1 August 1913) ; 23. Dissonant bells: The rite's "Sacrificial dance" 1913/2013 ; 24. Revisiting The rite in Stravinsky's later serial music ; 25. Dionysos Monometrikos plenary essay: Resisting The rite
Bibliography
List of contributors
General index
Index of composers and their works
Index of choreographers.