Balanchine did plan to choreograph it to Schoenberg. It’s the first piece Schoenberg wrote when he moved to Los Angeles. It’s very unique. Many would call him the master of modern [atonal] music — music that for most people does not sound melodic...
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do. —Igor Stravinsky 9 What is meditation? Meditation is our conscious awareness of something vast and infinite within us. Meditatio...
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls. —John Coltra...
In light of that, I’ll be shifting my tax blogging over there; I expect to post at least as frequently there as I did here (and maybe even more frequently!), but there, we’ll have more high-quality content to enjoy. That’s not to say this blog is done—I may do things here...
of the Automatons, was created in 1983 by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle as a tribute to Igor Stravinsky. The 16 coloured resin sculptures each represent a work by the Russian composer. As do the sounds produced by the fountain, which are supposed to recall Stravinsky's...
Its influence was also felt in the field of literature, most notably in the writings of Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and William Faulkner, who applied the principles of abstract language, repetition and use of multiple narrators. And, in music, the composer Igor Stravinsky credited Cubism for ha...
Ballet became one of Russia's national treasures long before the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Even though the new authorities did not hesitate to...
In writing this work I did not try to take as a model the music of Bartók itself and the eventual resemblances in the music do not come from any preconceived decision. If there actually are any, it only confirms the indubitable fact that the study of the work of Bartók was one of ...
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Image credit: Massive Attack) To test rhythm and timing Massive Attack are test room darlings for almost all facets of musical investigation, from detail and space to emotional resonance and dynamic contrast. There's just som...
I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received. —Igor Stravinsky 42 The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generation...