Title: Funeral games in honor of Arthur Vincent Lourié
Description: This title explores the varied aesthetic impulses and ever-evolving personal motivations of Russian composer Arthur Lourié. A St Petersburg native allied with the Futurist movement and profoundly sympathetic to Silver Age decadence, Lourié was swept away by the Revolution; he surfaced as a Communist commissar of music before landing in Europe and America, where his career foundered. Making his way by serving others, he became Stravinsky's right-hand man.
Subjects: Composers, Biography, Koussevitzky, sergei aleksandrovich, 1874-1951, Composers, biography, Soviet union, biography
Places: Soviet Union
People: Arthur Lourié (1892-1966), Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)