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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. 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. 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
1925ref. 39219London Genève Paris Bruxelles: J. & W. Chester Ltd.; Rouart Lerolle & Cie.; Maison Chester PN J.W.C. 15521 1925. Quarto. Ivory wrappers with upper printed in black. 3 i blank pp. Wrappers worn and slightly soiled with minor tears and creasing to edges and corners. Browned. A re-issue of the first edition. Kirchmeyer 33-2. J. & W. Chester, Ltd.; Rouart, Lerolle & Cie.; Maison Chester [PN J.W.C. 15521] unknown books
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 books
1977ref. 37587London: Robert Hale 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full orange cloth with titling silver to spine. 272 pp. With several illustrative plates. Upper portion of front free endpaper and dustjacket very slightly foxed. Robert Hale hardcover books
1983ref. 37610Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 194 pp. With 5 illustrations. In dustjacket. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1975ref. 37599London: J.M. Dent 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full green cloth with titling silver to spine. 202 pp. In dustjacket. J.M. Dent hardcover books
1986ref. 37588Berkeley Los Angeles London: University of California Press 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. xix 380 pp. With numerous musical examples throughout and several illustrative plates some in color. In dustjacket. University of California Press hardcover books
2005ref. 35986London: Sotheby's 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers. 16 pp. With illustrations in color. Sotheby's paperback books
1931ref. 35944Berlin: Russischer Musik Verlag 1931. Quarto. Stiff light tan wrappers. 286 pp. 3ff. "Chronologisches Verzeichnis der Werke Igor Strawinskys" 1f. recto "Schallplatten-Verzeichnis" verso blank. With numerous musical examples some in facsimile and several illustrative plates. Russischer Musik Verlag unknown books
1984ref. 33014Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Small folio. 386 pp. Illustrated. Kunstmuseum Basel hardcover books
1969ref. 256031New York: Alfred A Knopf 1969. First edition. ix i 350 xi pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth faded at edges in very good edge-worn dustjacket. First edition. ix i 350 xi pp. 8vo. Signed on the flyleaf "Igor Stravinksy / 1.30.70" and inscribed by co-author Robert Craft. The recipient was Miranda "Mirandi" Massoco Levy 1914-2011 the doyenne of Sante Fe cultural life instumental in the success of the Sante Fe Opera and a close friend of Stravinsky. Alfred A Knopf unknown books
1936ref. 255987London: Gollancz 1936. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth repaired at head of spine in yellow printed dust jacket spine darkened and chipped with some loss to title small book ticket to spine. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep "A Sam & Louise Dushkin. Leur ami I Stravinsky. Paris 30.3.36." Samuel Dushkin 1891-1976 was a concert violinist who worked closely with Stravinsky on the composition of the latter's Violin Concerto 1931 his first major work for the instrument. Dushkin premiered the work in concert with Stravinsky conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky recounts his collaboration with Dushkin on pp. 268-278 of his memoir. "I was very glad to find in him besides his remarkable gifts as a born violinist a musical culture a delicate understanding and - in the exercise of his profession - an abnegation that is very rare" p. 270. Stravinksy was inspired by his success with the Violin Concerto to compose a sonata for violin and piano which he took on tour with Dushkin to Europe and America ". a deeper knowledge of the violin and close collaboration with a technician like Dushkin had revealed possibilities which I longed to explore" p. 275. An important association marking a milestone in the expansion of Stravinksy's evolution as a composer. Gollancz unknown books
1940ref. 244796Cambridge 1940. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. Fine with original typed mailing envelope typed name "Igor Strawinsky" above printed return address. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. "Stravinsky began his stay in the United States at Harvard University delivering six Charles Eliot Norton lectures on musical poetics during the 1939-1940 academic year" ADNB. In this brief formal letter Stravinsky acknowledges receipt of an edition of the Russian legend retold and illustrated by Donald E. Cooke. It was Stravinsky's 1910 score of The Firebird for the Ballets Russes that first brought him international notice. The New York Times obituary of Stravinsky published on 6 April 1971 noted "He also was not pleased that 'The Firebird' remained his most popular composition." Uncommon document from early in Stravinsky's residence in the U.S. when he still spelt his surname with "w" in his signature and return address. unknown books
1960ref. 168684New York: Time Magazine 1960. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Reproduces the script of a 1960 documentary film about contemporary art focusing on de Kooning Stravinsky and Fuller along with "Time" articles relating to same. Robert Snyder and Michael Sonnabend previously collaborated on the 1950 documentary "The Titan." Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with French flaps. Time Magazine unknown books
1940ref. 170239New York: Perls Galleries 1940. Vintage bi-fold catalog brochure for the January 8 to February 2 1940 exhibition at Perls Galleries New York. 6 x 9.25 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light silverfish damage to the surface of the upper left and bottom right of the front panel. Perls Galleries unknown books
1983ref. 150933N.p.: PBS 1983. Vintage reference publicity photograph of noted ballerina Vera Zorina in three separate poses from the 1983 television episode originally aired on February 14 on PBS. With a descriptive promo sheet affixed to the verso as issued. This episode of "Great Performances" featured dancers performing three pieces choreographed by George Balanchine to the works of composer Igor Stravinsky. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. PBS unknown books
1950ref. 5766London: Boosey & Hawkes circa 1950. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 7 3/8" X 5 1/4". 40pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Annotations in ink and red pencil by previous owner a university music professor throughout with several printed pages in German and handwritten score laid in. A worn and annotated but quite nice copy of this Stravinsky score. 7 3/8" X 5 1/4". 40pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Annotations in ink and red pencil by previous owner a university music professor throughout with several printed pages in German and handwritten score laid in. A worn and annotated but quite nice copy of this Stravinsky score. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
1956ref. 625594New York: Vintage 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First Vintage edition. Trade paperback. English translations by Arthur Knodel and Ingolf Dahl. Preface by Darius Milhaud. 146 4pp. Text in English. Illustrated wrappers by Paul Rand a bit rubbed and toned else very good or a little better. The poet Geoffrey Hill's copy with his ownership signature. Vintage unknown books
1989ref. UHANMON00EMDoubleday 1989. Fine. Hanna Jack. Monkeys On the Interstate : and Other Tales From America's Favorite Zookeeper. Stravinsky John. New York: Doubleday 1989. 292 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Doubleday hardcover books
1983ref. 275363New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. A tanned spine and heavy soiling thus very good in wrappers. Publisher's prospectus stapled to the front wrapper verso. Alfred A. Knopf 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 books
1949ref. 73026NY: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1949. First edition. 245 pp. Near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to crown. Design by Merle Armitage. Contributions by Cocteau Satie Klee Weston Osbert Sitwell Aaron Copland Picasso Chagall and concluding with a discography and works. Small “Ex Libris / Clive Elliott” stamp on the front free endpaper. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce unknown 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 books
