Experiencing Stravinsky
Subtitle: a listener's companion
By: Robin Maconie
Series: Listener's companion; Listener's companion
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780810884304
Subjects: Music appreciation; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Titles in the Listener's companion series provide readers with a deeper understanding of key musical genres and the work of major artists and composers. Aimed at nonspecialists, each volume explains how to listen to works and examines both the context in which the music appeared and its form.
Notes: "Timeline": p. xxv-xxx.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228), discography (p. 229-231), and index.
Table of contents: title: Ghost in the machine; title: Sorcerer's apprentice; title: Ritual fire dance; title: Beyond tonality; title: In search of the long line; title: The art of nonexpression; title: Testament of Orpheus; title: The rake's progress; title: After the fall; title: Last rites.