Multiple Masks: Neoclassicism in Stravinsky's Works on Greek Subjects - Hardcover

Carr, Maureen A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803214766 ISBN 13: 9780803214767

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2002

Synopsis

In Multiple Masks, Maureen A. Carr studies Igor Stravinsky's creative process for Oedipus Rex, Apollo, Perséphone, and Orpheus through his musical sketches and other documents―scenarios, librettos, correspondence, reviews, and philosophical commentaries, as well as previously uncited sources for Stravinsky's book Poetics of Music. A clear explanation of Stravinsky's compositional techniques within a broad cultural context emerges for each of these four significant works. Carr concludes that Stravinsky used Greek myths as filters for certain poetic ideas and musical techniques that he developed in his earlier works. At the same time the mythological story lines provided him with the objective stance that he was seeking in these neoclassical works.

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About the Author

Maureen A. Carr is a professor of music at The Pennsylvania State University. She is editing a facsimile of Stravinsky's sketches for L'histoire du soldat, forthcoming from A-R Editions, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803214766
• ISBN 13: 9780803214767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277