Chapter 72: Stravinsky and the Revitalization of Rhythm
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Key Points
- Russian composer Igor Stravinsky experimented boldly with rhythm and new instrumental combinations.
- Stravinsky's musical language also explores the percussive use of dissonance, as well as polyrhythms and polytonality.
- Stravinsky's early works, including his ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring, are strongly nationalistic; the last of these re-creates rites of ancient Russia.
- Stravinsky's Neoclassical compositions include the theater work The Soldier's Tale; in his later years, he explored serial (twelve-tone) techniques.
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