The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky

Contains a wide range of essays reflecting the breadth of Stravinsky's musical achievement.

Reflecting the breadth of Stravinsky's phenomenal achievement, this Companion contains a wide range of essays covering the contexts within which Stravinsky worked, his key compositions, and the reception of his ideas. It concludes with an interview with the leading Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.Stravinsky's work spanned the major part of the twentieth century and engaged with nearly all its principal compositional developments. This Companion reflects the breadth of Stravinsky's achievement and influence in essays by leading international scholars on a wide range of topics. It is divided into three parts dealing with the contexts within which Stravinsky worked (Russian, modernist and compositional), with his key compositions (Russian, neoclassical and serial), and with the reception of his ideas (through performance, analysis and criticism). The volume concludes with an interview with the leading Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and a major re-evaluation of 'Stravinsky and Us' by Richard Taruskin.