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1960ref. 45960London: Faber and Faber 1960. First edition. Very good in very good jacket. First printing of this collection of conversations with the iconic composer inscribed in the year of publication to his well-connected friends Miranda and Ralph Levy. Igor Stravinsky's storied career spanned from Russia to France and finally to the US where his innovative style caused ripples throughout the music world. MEMORIES AND COMMENTARIES finds the composer reflecting on his many influences friends and colleagues and was compiled with the help of his frequent collaborator and confidant Robert Craft. This copy features an inscription from Stravinsky to "Ralph and Miranda Levy" a television pioneer and well-known jewelry designer respectively. Miranda Levy was noted in her obituary as "the woman who jump-started the Santa Fe Opera" by introducing its founding director to Stravinsky Roberts. Stravinsky supervised the opera house's opening production of his "A Rake's Progress" in 1957 and subsequently returned to Santa Fe every summer after that until 1963. A warm association between arguably the 20th century's most important composer and two significant supporters. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth binding. Original unclipped 25s pictorial dust jacket. Black-and-white frontispiece with 21 black-and-white illustrations. 184 pages including index. Inscribed by Stravinsky "To Ralph and Miranda" Levy dated November 1960 in Rome. With the Levy's subsequent gift inscription below. Jacket with light edgewear slight chipping to corners and spine ends. Binding with mild edgewear and bumping to spine ends; faint damping close inspection only. Faber and Faber unknown
ref. 16-4193Genève: Edition Ad. Henn 1917. . Oblong 4to. 19 x 27.7 cm. 2 14pp. Original wraps. . Signed at Morges Switzerland and dated 21 Nov. 1917 and inscribed .The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so as to be integrated into the barns of the surrounding countryside it was described this way in an early account: “A theater decidedly unlike any other. A sort of vast chalet a kind of huge barn smelling of resin dried hay fresh fruit and on days when there was a performance Sunday clothes but retaining the rustic dignity of a shrine. A large stage descending in broad steps toward the orchestra pit …”The theater was closed for several years during the Great War and Morax conceived a drama on the subject of King David to reopen it in 1921. When he turned to his wealthy friend Werner Reinhart who incidentally had recently funded the creation of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale telling him that he was taking inspiration from Hindu theater for this work his patron offered to lend rare Hindu drums in addition to financial assistance. The text is drawn from the Hebrew Bible I and II Samuel I Kings in addition to the Huguenot Psalter which includes poetry by Clément Marot. The poet’s brother Jean Morax set to work designing costumes and sets. After several more established composers turned him down René on the advice of Stravinsky and the distinguished conductor Ernest Ansermet chose the then unknown twenty-eight year old Arthur Honegger. “When Swiss poet Rene Morax 1873-1963 was looking for a composer for his new King David libretto Stravinsky recommended the twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Honegger a composer who just six years later creating the film score for Abel Gance’s Napoleon would reveal himself as a master of music’s ability to translate epics into sweeping evocative sound. In 1921 right on the cusp of his first successes Honegger wrote the David score in a flush of creative energy.”. Provenance from the estate of René Morax. Expertise by Claire PIGUET Geneva Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. paperback
ref. 16-4191Genève Edition Ad. Henn 1917. . 4to. 28 x 19.8 cm. 8 64pp. Original wraps. Front cover mainly detached. Signed at Morges Switzerland and dated 1918 and inscribed .The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so as to be integrated into the barns of the surrounding countryside it was described this way in an early account: “A theater decidedly unlike any other. A sort of vast chalet a kind of huge barn smelling of resin dried hay fresh fruit and on days when there was a performance Sunday clothes but retaining the rustic dignity of a shrine. A large stage descending in broad steps toward the orchestra pit …”The theater was closed for several years during the Great War and Morax conceived a drama on the subject of King David to reopen it in 1921. When he turned to his wealthy friend Werner Reinhart who incidentally had recently funded the creation of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale telling him that he was taking inspiration from Hindu theater for this work his patron offered to lend rare Hindu drums in addition to financial assistance. The text is drawn from the Hebrew Bible I and II Samuel I Kings in addition to the Huguenot Psalter which includes poetry by Clément Marot. The poet’s brother Jean Morax set to work designing costumes and sets. After several more established composers turned him down René on the advice of Stravinsky and the distinguished conductor Ernest Ansermet chose the then unknown twenty-eight year old Arthur Honegger. “When Swiss poet Rene Morax 1873-1963 was looking for a composer for his new King David libretto Stravinsky recommended the twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Honegger a composer who just six years later creating the film score for Abel Gance’s Napoleon would reveal himself as a master of music’s ability to translate epics into sweeping evocative sound. In 1921 right on the cusp of his first successes Honegger wrote the David score in a flush of creative energy.”. Provenance from the estate of René Morax. Expertise by Claire PIGUET Geneva Genève, Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. paperback
ref. 16-4192Genève: Edition Ad. Henn 1917. . Oblong 4to. 19.5 x 27.3 cm. 2 8pp. Original wraps. . Signed at Morges Switzerland and dated 5 Juillet 1917 and inscribed .The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so as to be integrated into the barns of the surrounding countryside it was described this way in an early account: “A theater decidedly unlike any other. A sort of vast chalet a kind of huge barn smelling of resin dried hay fresh fruit and on days when there was a performance Sunday clothes but retaining the rustic dignity of a shrine. A large stage descending in broad steps toward the orchestra pit …”The theater was closed for several years during the Great War and Morax conceived a drama on the subject of King David to reopen it in 1921. When he turned to his wealthy friend Werner Reinhart who incidentally had recently funded the creation of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale telling him that he was taking inspiration from Hindu theater for this work his patron offered to lend rare Hindu drums in addition to financial assistance. The text is drawn from the Hebrew Bible I and II Samuel I Kings in addition to the Huguenot Psalter which includes poetry by Clément Marot. The poet’s brother Jean Morax set to work designing costumes and sets. After several more established composers turned him down René on the advice of Stravinsky and the distinguished conductor Ernest Ansermet chose the then unknown twenty-eight year old Arthur Honegger. “When Swiss poet Rene Morax 1873-1963 was looking for a composer for his new King David libretto Stravinsky recommended the twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Honegger a composer who just six years later creating the film score for Abel Gance’s Napoleon would reveal himself as a master of music’s ability to translate epics into sweeping evocative sound. In 1921 right on the cusp of his first successes Honegger wrote the David score in a flush of creative energy.”. Provenance from the estate of René Morax. Expertise by Claire PIGUET Geneva Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. paperback
ref. 236694Editions De La Sirène Paris 1919 In-4 de 12 pages, broché sous couverture illustrée de Pablo PICASSO et coffret au premier plat ajourée d'une fenêtre de plexiglass laissant voir l'illustration de la couverture, dos titré au palladium ( Présentation signée de Yves RAMEAU ). EDITION ORIGINALE et PREMIER TIRAGE de la couverture de PICASSO. Rousseurs éparses sur la couverture avec légères usures. Bon exemplaire magnifié par l'élégante présentation de Yves RAMEAU. Très rare.Colophon: "Le ragtime d'Igor STRAVINSKY a ete tire a
1962ref. 847621962. Single page typed signed letter with notes in Stravinsky's hand. Typed signed letter from 1962 to Igor Styravinsky from Carl Haverlin pioneer in radio broadcasting and longtime president of Broadcast Music Inc. The letter is on Broadcast Music Inc. stationary and Haverlin writes to inquire about some illustrations which Dulac had made for Stravinsky's Firebird Ballet. He writes: "I.take the liberty of asking you if your memory will bring forth any background on the sketches." In the margin adjacent to this sentence Stravinsky writes "Not at all!" in red pen. Haverlin closes the letter with: "Photostats of the sketchbook pages are enclosed." Beneath this Stravinsky writes along with his signature "I find it unfortunately very bad." Matted and framed opposite a photograph of Stravinsky. The entire piece measures 26.5 inches by 19.25 inches. Igor Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: The Firebird 1910 Petrushka 1911 and The Rite of Spring 1913. The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. His "Russian phase" which continued with works such as Renard the Soldier's Tale and Les Noces was followed in the 1920s by a period in which he turned to neoclassical music. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms concerto grosso fugue and symphony drawing on earlier styles especially from the 18th century. In the 1950s Stravinsky adopted serial procedures. His compositions of this period shared traits with examples of his earlier output: rhythmic energy the construction of extended melodic ideas out of a few two- or three-note cells and clarity of form and of instrumentation. unknown
1936ref. 028516New York: G. Schirmer 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair DJ. 158 Pp. A Compilation Of Articles With New Articles By Goosens Komroff Danz Rodriguez And Armitage Written For This Book. The Book Is Fine No Wear And Inscribed By Stravinsky To Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano Who Illustrated This Book "To Giovanni Napolitano Sincerely I Strawinsky March 37". With The Scarce Pink Dj Worn And Chipped With Very Large Piece Missing At Bottom Of Front Panel And Spine Leaving Title And Editor's Name On Spine But Removing Some Of Descriptive Text At Bottom Of Front Panel Flaps Intact Tape Reinforcement Inside Of Dj. G. Schirmer hardcover
1927ref. 838London: J. & W. Chester Ltd 1927. Signed and dated by Stravinsky in March 1937. Plate no. 3830.1. In publisher’s printed brown wrappers. Torn at head of spine. A small blot on front cover. Trace of creasing to lower corner. Overall in fine condition. Signed and dated by Stravinsky in March 1937. Plate no. 3830.1. In publisher’s printed brown wrappers. 7 1 p. Composed in 1917 in Morges and first published in 1923 by J. & W. Chester. Tilimbom is a piece wherein Stravinsky continues his exploration of the animal world it tells the story of a fire in a farmyard. . J. & W. Chester, Ltd unknown
1912ref. 41390Berlin Moscou Leipzig New-York: Édition Russe de Musique PN R.M.V. 150 1912. Folio. Contemporary half black calf with marbled boards label of the Parisian music rental firm Rouart-Lerolle to upper marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title verso blank i named cast list referring to first production of 1911 in French i synopsis in Russian and French i "general remarks" in Russian and French i blank i dedication to A. Benois i blank 7-84 ii blank pp. Photographic transfer from engraved plates. With "ROME MAI 1911" and printer's note "Imp. C. G. Röder Leipzig." to lower outer corner of p. 84. Rouart Lerolle and "5" handstamps to title and first four leaves. Binding worn rubbed bumped and abraded; hinges split; small label with "143" in manuscript to upper board. First Edition first issue. Kirchmeyer 12-4. De Lerma P17. Crawford p. 533. Distinguishing imprint to title below crest found in the first issue is as follows: PROPRIÉTÉ DE L'ÉDITEUR POUR TOUS PAYS / ÉDITION RUSSE DE MUSIQUE / RUSSISCHER MUSIKVERLAG G.M. above BH below/ FONDÉE PAR S. ET N. KOUSSEWITZKY / BERLIN MOSCOU LEIPZIG NEW-YORK / POUR LA FRANCE ET SES COLONIES: MUSIQUE RUSSE PARIS 3 RUE DE MOSCOU / POUR L'ANGLETERRE ET SES COLONIES; THE RUSSIAN MUSIC AGENCY LONDRES W.I 34 PERCY STREET "The emergence of Stravinsky as a modernist with an individual manner unlike any other can be dated with some precision to his early work on Petrushka. In March 1910 during the later stages of composing The Firebird he had experienced the famous 'fleeting vision' out of which The Rite of Spring was to grow. But when Diaghilev and Nijinsky visited him in Lausanne in September 1910 they found him at work on something quite different a concert piece for piano and orchestra called 'Petrushka's Cry'. Together with a 'Russian Dance' composed soon afterwards this music was to form the basis of the ballet which Diaghilev instinctively urged him to write instead. . It is from the systematic attempt to render the particular flavour of traditional Russian life into music that Petrushka derives many of its freshest and most original qualities. . Looked at in general terms the opening sequence of Petrushka is a prototype of later Stravinskian form. Its underlying rhythmic design may not be complex in the same way as that of The Rite of Spring or the later Russian works but its intricacy of rhythmic detailing and its mixture of a highly fluid pattern of melodic stress with an inert background harmony laid the groundwork for a technique which through many changes of superficial style was to serve him for the rest of his life." Walsh: The Music of Stravinsky pp. 24-29. "Petroushka proved just as successful with the public and critics as The Firebird had been; but it was undoubtedly a more original work. In the first place Stravinsky had been able to play a leading part in the construction of the scenario which had not been the case with The Firebird. Secondly whereas the music of The Firebird showed that the pupil had learnt all that his master had had to teach him in Petrushka for the first time the authentic voice of the new master is heard." TNG Vol. 18 pp. 244-245. Petrushka one of Stravinsky's best-known and loved works represents the essence of Diaghilev's monumental Ballets Russes era. The ballet received its first performance with the incomparable Nijinsky in the title role at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911 conducted by Pierre Monteux with choreography by Fokine and designs by Alexandre Benois. Édition Russe de Musique [PN R.M.V. 150] unknown books
1912ref. 41390Berlin Moscou Leipzig New-York: Édition Russe de Musique PN R.M.V. 150 1912. Folio. Contemporary half black calf with marbled boards label of the Parisian music rental firm Rouart-Lerolle to upper marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title verso blank i named cast list referring to first production of 1911 in French i synopsis in Russian and French i "general remarks" in Russian and French i blank i dedication to A. Benois i blank 7-84 ii blank pp. Photographic transfer from engraved plates. With "ROME MAI 1911" and printer's note "Imp. C. G. Röder Leipzig." to lower outer corner of p. 84. Rouart Lerolle and "5" handstamps to title and first four leaves. Binding worn rubbed bumped and abraded; hinges split; small label with "143" in manuscript to upper board. First Edition first issue. Kirchmeyer 12-4. De Lerma P17. Crawford p. 533. Distinguishing imprint to title below crest found in the first issue is as follows: PROPRIÉTÉ DE L'ÉDITEUR POUR TOUS PAYS / ÉDITION RUSSE DE MUSIQUE / RUSSISCHER MUSIKVERLAG G.M. above BH below/ FONDÉE PAR S. ET N. KOUSSEWITZKY / BERLIN MOSCOU LEIPZIG NEW-YORK / POUR LA FRANCE ET SES COLONIES: MUSIQUE RUSSE PARIS 3 RUE DE MOSCOU / POUR L'ANGLETERRE ET SES COLONIES; THE RUSSIAN MUSIC AGENCY LONDRES W.I 34 PERCY STREET "The emergence of Stravinsky as a modernist with an individual manner unlike any other can be dated with some precision to his early work on Petrushka. In March 1910 during the later stages of composing The Firebird he had experienced the famous 'fleeting vision' out of which The Rite of Spring was to grow. But when Diaghilev and Nijinsky visited him in Lausanne in September 1910 they found him at work on something quite different a concert piece for piano and orchestra called 'Petrushka's Cry'. Together with a 'Russian Dance' composed soon afterwards this music was to form the basis of the ballet which Diaghilev instinctively urged him to write instead. . It is from the systematic attempt to render the particular flavour of traditional Russian life into music that Petrushka derives many of its freshest and most original qualities. . Looked at in general terms the opening sequence of Petrushka is a prototype of later Stravinskian form. Its underlying rhythmic design may not be complex in the same way as that of The Rite of Spring or the later Russian works but its intricacy of rhythmic detailing and its mixture of a highly fluid pattern of melodic stress with an inert background harmony laid the groundwork for a technique which through many changes of superficial style was to serve him for the rest of his life." Walsh: The Music of Stravinsky pp. 24-29. "Petroushka proved just as successful with the public and critics as The Firebird had been; but it was undoubtedly a more original work. In the first place Stravinsky had been able to play a leading part in the construction of the scenario which had not been the case with The Firebird. Secondly whereas the music of The Firebird showed that the pupil had learnt all that his master had had to teach him in Petrushka for the first time the authentic voice of the new master is heard." TNG Vol. 18 pp. 244-245. Petrushka one of Stravinsky's best-known and loved works represents the essence of Diaghilev's monumental Ballets Russes era. The ballet received its first performance with the incomparable Nijinsky in the title role at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911 conducted by Pierre Monteux with choreography by Fokine and designs by Alexandre Benois. Édition Russe de Musique [PN R.M.V. 150] unknown
1950ref. 1084781950. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. Photograph inscribed. No place 1950. Black-and-white postcard portrait measuring 3-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches; matted and framed entire piece measures 9-1/2 by 12 inches. $2200.Postcard photograph of Igor Stravinsky inscribed ÒPour Monsieur Maurice Dubois avec mes meilleurs compliments Igor Stravinsky 1950.Ó""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. The postcard portrait is dated September 1948 and is attractively matted and framed with a page of music from Stravinsky's Four Etudes. An attractive inscribed and signed framed piece in fine condition. unknown books
1950ref. 1084781950. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. Photograph inscribed. No place 1950. Black-and-white postcard portrait measuring 3-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches; matted and framed entire piece measures 9-1/2 by 12 inches. $2200.Postcard photograph of Igor Stravinsky inscribed ÒPour Monsieur Maurice Dubois avec mes meilleurs compliments Igor Stravinsky 1950.Ó""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. The postcard portrait is dated September 1948 and is attractively matted and framed with a page of music from Stravinsky's Four Etudes. An attractive inscribed and signed framed piece in fine condition. unknown
ref. 1203A vintage gelatin silver print photograph head and shoulders portrait in part profile with shadow by George Hoyningen-Huene 1934 inscribed and signed in blue ink on the upper right-hand area of the photograph 85x135 cm original mount framed and glazed. This original vintage photograph of Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971 was taken in Paris on November 16 1934 by the famous fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene 1900 - 1968. This is likely to be the second collaboration between the composer and the photographer as Igor Stravinsky's print taken by Hoyningen-Huene first appeared in the 1927 November issue of Vanity Fair. At the time both Stravinsky and Huene resided in France where their second collaboration took place. After their departure from the Russian Empire at the outbreak of WWI the Stravinskys first settled in Switzerland and then in France where they lived up until 1939. Although during the French era Igor created some of his most famous pieces notably Concerto for Two Pianos - 1935 and even managed to find his second love Vera de Bosset 1889 - 1982 the composer later described the Parisian period as the most unhappy time in his life: in 1938 Stravinsky lost his daughter Lyudmila in 1939 - died his wife and mother. The 1934 photograph one of a series was taken shortly after Stravinsky acquired French citizenship and together with his wife Ekaterina moved from Voreppe to Paris. During that period Stravinsky mainly focused on writing music and his autobiography book Chronicle of My Life. Less than a year and a half following the November encounter with George Hoyningen Stravinsky and his son Soulima embarked upon their first voyage to South America during which Igor inscribed this photograph. In the period from April to June 1936 the two visited Buenos Aires Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. Stravinsky's tour in South America was not only arranged but also largely underwritten by his friend Victoria Ocampo 1890-1979 a wealthy Argentine author and publisher of the literary periodical Sur. After giving a series of concerts in Argentina and while passing through Rio de Janeiro Stravinsky had stopped for a few days in order to perform at the Municipal Theater the presentation of his melodrama Persephone with Victoria Ocampo declaiming on June 5 and 12. The event was mostly attended by music critics artists journalists and intellectuals. Stravinsky got extremely upset when the small number of spectators applauded him on the night of the show. When embarking for Europe he declared to journalists: Brazil is still too green for my music. Maybe in fifty years it will understand. The composer signed this photograph a day before his second performance at the Municipal Theater. Shortly after the photograph was taken both Stravinsky in 1939 and Huene in 1935 permanently moved to the United States where their careers continued to blossom. unknown
1962ref. 1004541962. First Edition. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. CRAFT Robert. Expositions and Developments. Garden City New York: Doubleday 1962. Octavo original black cloth original dust jacket. $2500.First edition warmly inscribed on the half title to neighbor and longtime friend Miranda Levy ""To my dear Miranda with love and kisses from I Stravinsky Nov /63.""""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. In these conversations with his protg conductor Robert Craft who coauthored seven books with him Stravinsky discusses his childhood in St. Petersburg Russia; recalls such musical luminaries as Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov; reflects on the intersection of music and modern recording technology; and discusses scores including The Firebird The Rite of Spring and his then-new work The Flood. Illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photographs. Inscribed to Miranda Levy a founding member of the Santa Fe Opera and wife of pioneering television director Ralph Levy whose credits include directing the original I Love Lucy pilot episode. Miranda ""met Stravinsky at the Aspen Colorado Music Festival in 1950 then hosted him on a New Mexico visitÉ When the composer let it be known he was interested in D.H. LawrenceÉ Miranda introduced Stravinsky to Lawrence's widowÉ Miranda and Ralph Levy moved to Los Angeles and bought a house less than a block from Stravinsky'sÉ Just as she had once kept Santa Feans up to date on the latest news and gossip she now regaled Igor and Vera Stravinsky with daily updates on movie studio gossip"" Albuquerque Journal.Dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and edges. A very nearly fine inscribed presentation/association copy. hardcover books
1962ref. 1004541962. First Edition. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. CRAFT Robert. Expositions and Developments. Garden City New York: Doubleday 1962. Octavo original black cloth original dust jacket. $2500.First edition warmly inscribed on the half title to neighbor and longtime friend Miranda Levy ""To my dear Miranda with love and kisses from I Stravinsky Nov /63.""""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. In these conversations with his protg conductor Robert Craft who coauthored seven books with him Stravinsky discusses his childhood in St. Petersburg Russia; recalls such musical luminaries as Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov; reflects on the intersection of music and modern recording technology; and discusses scores including The Firebird The Rite of Spring and his then-new work The Flood. Illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photographs. Inscribed to Miranda Levy a founding member of the Santa Fe Opera and wife of pioneering television director Ralph Levy whose credits include directing the original I Love Lucy pilot episode. Miranda ""met Stravinsky at the Aspen Colorado Music Festival in 1950 then hosted him on a New Mexico visitÉ When the composer let it be known he was interested in D.H. LawrenceÉ Miranda introduced Stravinsky to Lawrence's widowÉ Miranda and Ralph Levy moved to Los Angeles and bought a house less than a block from Stravinsky'sÉ Just as she had once kept Santa Feans up to date on the latest news and gossip she now regaled Igor and Vera Stravinsky with daily updates on movie studio gossip"" Albuquerque Journal.Dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and edges. A very nearly fine inscribed presentation/association copy. hardcover
ref. 396614 measures from the third number Pas d'Action. Notated in blue/black ink on music paper with "No. 1-12 lines" printed at lower left corner; "Igor Stravinsky" typed in red below quotation. Somewhat worn and browned; irregularly trimmed with upper left corner cropped not affecting quotation; recto reinforced at upper left corner and left margin with light blue paper; creased and partially split at central fold; margins hand-ruled with double black line; upper margin slightly stained; mounted on printed excerpt with remnants of adhesive to verso. Apollon Musagète a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux was commissioned in 1927 by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for a festival of contemporary music to be held in 1928 at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Composed between 1927 and 1928 the work was choreographed by the 24-year-old George Balanchine to a libretto by the composer; scenery and costumes were by André Bauchant with new costumes designed by Coco Chanel in 1929. unknown books
ref. 396614 measures from the third number Pas d'Action. Notated in blue/black ink on music paper with "No. 1-12 lines" printed at lower left corner; "Igor Stravinsky" typed in red below quotation. Somewhat worn and browned; irregularly trimmed with upper left corner cropped not affecting quotation; recto reinforced at upper left corner and left margin with light blue paper; creased and partially split at central fold; margins hand-ruled with double black line; upper margin slightly stained; mounted on printed excerpt with remnants of adhesive to verso. Apollon Musagète a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux was commissioned in 1927 by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for a festival of contemporary music to be held in 1928 at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Composed between 1927 and 1928 the work was choreographed by the 24-year-old George Balanchine to a libretto by the composer; scenery and costumes were by André Bauchant with new costumes designed by Coco Chanel in 1929. unknown
1959ref. 3117054New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication with place "Hollywood" noted by Igor Stravinsky on front end-paper. 162pp. 5 3/4" X 8 1/4" Fine in close to fine dust jacket. Hint of faint shelf-wear to jacket. Signed or inscribed copies of this title are scarce in the marketplace. GC ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"; 162 pages . Doubleday hardcover
1927ref. 503Kiev: Muzgiz 1927. 35 pp. 34x25.5 cm. Some tears and stains on the wrappers and lower margin otherwise very good. First Ukrainian edition. Rare. This is a piano transcription of Igor Stravinsky's early composition 'Petrushka'. He began to create the ballet in Ukrainian town Ustyluh in 1907. Performed for the first time in 1911 the composition has been one of the most popular Ballets Russes. Its piano version presented not mere piano reduction of the composition but an attractive independent work that is now known as ''Trois mouvements de Petrouchka''. Stravinsky created piano version of the suite in 1921 for his friend pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He was the only musician who made Stravinsky believe in the soft sounds of piano performance. This is one of the early publications of the music. The edition is designed by Grygory Berkovitch 1905-1976 a Soviet artist and designer from Kharkiv. Not in the Worldcat. Muzgiz unknown
ref. 39498Four measures containing the theme of the closing of the first scene of the composer's Danse Russe. Notated unbarred on dark ivory music paper in blue ink signed and dated Hollywood 23 January 1966. On an album leaf 141 x 199 laid down to backing board. Small hole to blank upper margin; two light vertical creases. Petrushka a ballet in 4 scenes with music by Stravinsky choreography by Michel Fokine and set and costume designs by Alexandre Benois was written for the 1911 season of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and first performed in Paris at the Châtelet on 13 June 1911. The premiere was conducted by Pierre Monteux with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka Tamar Karsavina as lead ballerina and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan. The work became one of the most popular productions of the revolutionary Ballets Russes and one of Stravinsky's best-loved compositions. unknown books
ref. 39498Four measures containing the theme of the closing of the first scene of the composer's Danse Russe. Notated unbarred on dark ivory music paper in blue ink signed and dated Hollywood 23 January 1966. On an album leaf 141 x 199 laid down to backing board. Small hole to blank upper margin; two light vertical creases. Petrushka a ballet in 4 scenes with music by Stravinsky choreography by Michel Fokine and set and costume designs by Alexandre Benois was written for the 1911 season of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and first performed in Paris at the Châtelet on 13 June 1911. The premiere was conducted by Pierre Monteux with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka Tamar Karsavina as lead ballerina and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan. The work became one of the most popular productions of the revolutionary Ballets Russes and one of Stravinsky's best-loved compositions. unknown
1912ref. 41313Berlin Moscou St. Pétersbourg .: Édition Russe de Musique PN R.M.V. 127 1912. Folio. Newly bound in quarter dark green cloth with mid-brown paper boards dark red title label gilt to upper and spine. 1f. recto title verso blank i named cast list ii synopsis i orchestration i recto dedication "À Alexandre Benois" verso blank 7-156 pp. 1f. errata tipped in to rear pastedown. With text in Russian and French. Named cast for the first performance by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on 13 June 1911 includes Tamar Karsavina Le Ballerine Vaslav Nijinsky Petrushka Orlow Le Maure and Enrico Ceccheti Le vieux Charlatan; the performance was conducted by Monteux with maître du ballet Fokine and sets and costumes designed by Benois and executed by Anisfeld sets and Caffi and Worobiew costumes. Small area of faint dampstaining and minor cockling to upper inner margins. An attractive copy. First Edition first issue. Rare. Kirchmeyer 12-1. Hirsch II 905. De Lerma P15. White p. 193. Crawford p. 533. "The emergence of Stravinsky as a modernist with an individual manner unlike any other can be dated with some precision to his early work on Petrushka. In March 1910 during the later stages of composing The Firebird he had experienced the famous 'fleeting vision' out of which The Rite of Spring was to grow. But when Diaghilev and Nijinsky visited him in Lausanne in September 1910 they found him at work on something quite different a concert piece for piano and orchestra called 'Petrushka's Cry'. Together with a 'Russian Dance' composed soon afterwards this music was to form the basis of the ballet which Diaghilev instinctively urged him to write instead. . It is from the systematic attempt to render the particular flavour of traditional Russian life into music that Petrushka derives many of its freshest and most original qualities. . Looked at in general terms the opening sequence of Petrushka is a prototype of later Stravinskian form. Its underlying rhythmic design may not be complex in the same way as that of The Rite of Spring or the later Russian works but its intricacy of rhythmic detailing and its mixture of a highly fluid pattern of melodic stress with an inert background harmony laid the groundwork for a technique which through many changes of superficial style was to serve him for the rest of his life." Walsh: The Music of Stravinsky pp. 24-29. "Petroushka proved just as successful with the public and critics as The Firebird had been; but it was undoubtedly a more original work. In the first place Stravinsky had been able to play a leading part in the construction of the scenario which had not been the case with The Firebird. Secondly whereas the music of The Firebird showed that the pupil had learnt all that his master had had to teach him in Petrushka for the first time the authentic voice of the new master is heard." TNG Vol. 18 pp. 244-245. The rare first edition first issue of Stravinsky's colorful and well-loved ballet inspired by the St. Petersburg Shrove-tide Fair. Édition Russe de Musique [PN R.M.V. 127] unknown books
1912ref. 41313Berlin Moscou St. Pétersbourg .: Édition Russe de Musique PN R.M.V. 127 1912. Folio. Newly bound in quarter dark green cloth with mid-brown paper boards dark red title label gilt to upper and spine. 1f. recto title verso blank i named cast list ii synopsis i orchestration i recto dedication "À Alexandre Benois" verso blank 7-156 pp. 1f. errata tipped in to rear pastedown. With text in Russian and French. Named cast for the first performance by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on 13 June 1911 includes Tamar Karsavina Le Ballerine Vaslav Nijinsky Petrushka Orlow Le Maure and Enrico Ceccheti Le vieux Charlatan; the performance was conducted by Monteux with maître du ballet Fokine and sets and costumes designed by Benois and executed by Anisfeld sets and Caffi and Worobiew costumes. Small area of faint dampstaining and minor cockling to upper inner margins. An attractive copy. First Edition first issue. Rare. Kirchmeyer 12-1. Hirsch II 905. De Lerma P15. White p. 193. Crawford p. 533. "The emergence of Stravinsky as a modernist with an individual manner unlike any other can be dated with some precision to his early work on Petrushka. In March 1910 during the later stages of composing The Firebird he had experienced the famous 'fleeting vision' out of which The Rite of Spring was to grow. But when Diaghilev and Nijinsky visited him in Lausanne in September 1910 they found him at work on something quite different a concert piece for piano and orchestra called 'Petrushka's Cry'. Together with a 'Russian Dance' composed soon afterwards this music was to form the basis of the ballet which Diaghilev instinctively urged him to write instead. . It is from the systematic attempt to render the particular flavour of traditional Russian life into music that Petrushka derives many of its freshest and most original qualities. . Looked at in general terms the opening sequence of Petrushka is a prototype of later Stravinskian form. Its underlying rhythmic design may not be complex in the same way as that of The Rite of Spring or the later Russian works but its intricacy of rhythmic detailing and its mixture of a highly fluid pattern of melodic stress with an inert background harmony laid the groundwork for a technique which through many changes of superficial style was to serve him for the rest of his life." Walsh: The Music of Stravinsky pp. 24-29. "Petroushka proved just as successful with the public and critics as The Firebird had been; but it was undoubtedly a more original work. In the first place Stravinsky had been able to play a leading part in the construction of the scenario which had not been the case with The Firebird. Secondly whereas the music of The Firebird showed that the pupil had learnt all that his master had had to teach him in Petrushka for the first time the authentic voice of the new master is heard." TNG Vol. 18 pp. 244-245. The rare first edition first issue of Stravinsky's colorful and well-loved ballet inspired by the St. Petersburg Shrove-tide Fair. Édition Russe de Musique [PN R.M.V. 127] unknown
ref. 396731 measure from the opening of the first movement. Notated in black ink on an album leaf 203 x 123 mm. Dated "Montevideo le 27. v. 1936." Inscribed to the Uruguayan political figure Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin 1909-1987 prominent member of the Uruguayan National Party with a reproduction photograph of Stravinsky and his son Soulima to head. Slightly browned; horizontal crease to upper portion just below Stravinsky's signature; manuscript identification and minor remnants of former mount to verso. The Firebird L'Oiseau de feu; Zhar-ptitsa a fairy tale ballet in two scenes was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris at the Opéra on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. The original choreography was by Michel Fokine with sets and costumes by Alexandre Benois; this seminal work led to further important Stravinsky-Diaghilev collaborations including Petrushka 1911 and The Rite of Spring 1913. unknown books
ref. 396731 measure from the opening of the first movement. Notated in black ink on an album leaf 203 x 123 mm. Dated "Montevideo le 27. v. 1936." Inscribed to the Uruguayan political figure Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin 1909-1987 prominent member of the Uruguayan National Party with a reproduction photograph of Stravinsky and his son Soulima to head. Slightly browned; horizontal crease to upper portion just below Stravinsky's signature; manuscript identification and minor remnants of former mount to verso. The Firebird L'Oiseau de feu; Zhar-ptitsa a fairy tale ballet in two scenes was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris at the Opéra on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. The original choreography was by Michel Fokine with sets and costumes by Alexandre Benois; this seminal work led to further important Stravinsky-Diaghilev collaborations including Petrushka 1911 and The Rite of Spring 1913. unknown
