Collected Essays on Stravinsky and Classical Music [Hardcover]

The early chapters in this volume address the dynamics of his music from a number of analytic-theoretical perspectives. Examined initially are the features of harmony, melody, and rhythm that would remain characteristic of his music regardless of the changes in stylistic orientation.

Introduction Part I 1. A Case in Point: Context and Analytical Method in Stravinsky 2. Stravinsky by Way of Agon 3. From The Firebird to The Rite of Spring: Meter and Alignment in Stravinskys Russian-Period Works 4. The Physicality of The Rite: Remarks on the Forces of Meter and Their Disruption Part II 5. Politics, Feminism, and Contemporary Music Theory 6. What Do Feminists Want? A Reply to Pieter van den Toorn (Ruth A. Solie) 7. What Price Analysis? 8. Schenker and His Critics 9. The Ninth and Beyond 10. Invoking Motives and Immediacy: Foils and Contexts for Pieter C. van den Toorns Music, Politics, and the Academy (Marianne Kielian-Gilbert)

The most celebrated of 20th-century composers, Igor Stravinsky may also have been the greatest. The early chapters in this volume address the dynamics of his music from a number of analytic-theoretical perspectives. Examined initially are the features of harmony, melody, and rhythm that would remain characteristic of his music regardless of the changes in stylistic orientation. Chapter 2 turns more specifically to the StravinskyBalanchine ballet Agon, an essay published here for the first time. The subsequent chapters focus on The Rite of Spring. The critical commentary of Theodor Adorno and Richard Taruskin is assessed, as is Matthew McDonalds attempt to derive the irregular rhythmic patterns in The Rite from intervallic series. The topics in the latter chapters are aesthetic and critical as well as analytical: the New Musicologyló&