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Avatar of modernity : The rite of spring reconsidered

Title
Avatar of modernity : The rite of spring reconsidered / edited by Hermann Danuser and Heidy Zimmermann.
Publication
  • Basel ; Paul Sacher Foundation ; London : Boosey & Hawkes, 2013.
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Danuser, Hermann
  • Zimmermann, Heidy
  • Robinson, J. Bradford
  • Walsh, Stephen, 1942-
  • Griffiths, Edmund, 1979-
  • Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel, Switzerland)
Description
501 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Alternative Title
Rite of spring reconsidered
Subjects
Note
  • Includes 18 essays, 38 plates, chronology, and brief contributor biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references and index.
Language (note)
  • In English; preface, introduction, chronology and essays by Assmann, Bleek, Jeschke, Meyer, Münkler, and Stollberg originally in German, translated by J. Bradford Robinson; essay by Buch originally in French, translated by Stephen Walsh; essay by Savenko originally in Russian, translated by Edmund Griffiths.
Contents
Multifarious rites of passage, an introduction / Hermann Danuser and Heidy Zimmermann -- I. A team's work. Multifarious rites of passage, an introduction / Hermann Danuser and Heidy Zimmermann ; Diaghilev's Ballets russes : a new kind of company / Lynn Garafola ; The shaman, the sage, and the sacrificial victim, and Nicholas Roerich's part in all / Paul Griffiths and Edmund Griffiths ; The scandal at Le sacre : games of distinction and dreams of barbarism / Esteban Buch -- II. Revolutionary potential. "...de la musique sauvage avec tout le confort moderne!" : the orchestral design of Le sacre du printemps / Tobias Bleek ; Disrupted structures : rhythm, melody, harmony / Andreas Meyer ; "...retrouver la source de variété..." : Nijinsky's choreographic textures / Claudia Jeschke -- III. Reflections on and of Le sacre. Remembering The rite of spring, or, "Ce que je n'ai pas voulu exprimer dans Le sacre du printemps" / Stephen Walsh ; Everyone's Rite (1939-1946) / David Schiff ; Rewriting The rite : creative responses to Le sacre du printemps / Jonathan Cross -- IV. Toward histories of interpretation. Le sacre du printemps : milestones in dance / Stephanie Jordan ; Vesna svyashchennaya in its homeland : reception of The rite in Russia and the Soviet Union / Svetlana Savenko ; "sim not dim" : exécution and interprétation in recordings of The rite since 1929 / Arne Stollberg ; Le sacre analyzed / Jonathan W. Bernard ; Boulez's Rite / Robert Piencikowksi -- V. Cultural, historical, and musical contexts. The cultural memory of Le sacre du printemps / Jan Assmann ; Mythic sacrifices and real corpses : Le sacre du printemps and the Great War / Herfried Münkler ; Kingdom of mystery : the artistic ideas of Nicholas Roerich / John E. Bowlt ; How The rite became possible / Richard Taruskin.
Call Number
JOH 13-1 Book
ISBN
  • 9780851628233 (v. 3)
  • 0851628230 (v. 3)
  • 9780851628240 (set)
  • 0851628249 (set)
LCCN
  • 9790060125546
  • 9790060125553
OCLC
851186006
Title
Avatar of modernity : The rite of spring reconsidered / edited by Hermann Danuser and Heidy Zimmermann.
Publisher
Basel ; Paul Sacher Foundation ; London : Boosey & Hawkes, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2013
Edition
Centennial edition in three volumes.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Language
In English; preface, introduction, chronology and essays by Assmann, Bleek, Jeschke, Meyer, Münkler, and Stollberg originally in German, translated by J. Bradford Robinson; essay by Buch originally in French, translated by Stephen Walsh; essay by Savenko originally in Russian, translated by Edmund Griffiths.
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Added Author
Danuser, Hermann, editor.
Zimmermann, Heidy, editor.
Robinson, J. Bradford, translator.
Walsh, Stephen, 1942- translator.
Griffiths, Edmund, 1979- translator.
Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel, Switzerland)
Issued With:
Contained in (manifestation): The rite of spring Centennial edition in three volumes Basel : Paul Sacher Foundation ; London : Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd, 2013 (OCoLC)849902633
Other Standard Identifier
9790060125546
9790060125553
Research Call Number
JOH 13-1 Book
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