CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO STRAVINSKY, THE

Stravinsky's work spanned the major part of the twentieth-century and was engaged with nearly all its principal compositional developments. Reflecting the breadth of his phenomenal achievement, this Companion contains a wide range of essays in three broad sections covering 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 composer Louis Andriessen and a major re-evaluation of "Stravinsky and us" by Richard Taruskin.

Contents - Chronology of Stravinsky’s life and career; Part I. Origins and Contexts: 1. Stravinsky’s origins Rosamund Bartlett; 2. Stravinsky as modernist Christopher Butler; 3. Stravinsky in context Arnold Whittall; Part II. The Works: 4. Early Stravinsky Anthony Pople; 5. Russian Rites: Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces Kenneth Gloag; 6. Stravinsky’s neoclassicism Martha Hyde; 7. Stravinsky in the theatre Jonathan Cross; 8. Stravinsky the serialist Joseph N. Straus; Part III. Reception: 9. Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky Nicholas Cook; 10. Stravinsky as devil Max Paddison; 11. Stravinsky and the analytical traditions Craig Ayrey; 12. Stravinsky and the critics Stuart Campbell; 13. Composing with Stravinsky Louis Andriessen and Jonathan Cross; 14. Stravinsky and us Richard Taruskin.