I hear so little Stravinsky in this - even less than his other pre-Petroushka pieces like "Fireworks", which at least sounds like Rimsky Korsakov. If anything, it reminds me of Elgar.
Stravinsky = Love. probably my absolute favorite composer EVER. With Mozart in a close second. Stravinsky's type of music is just REALLY my style. Just my opinion. The part beginning at 3:59 is my favorite. And you HAVE to LOVE the end. haha.
@DavidTeeee As great as Stravinsky is as a composer, I wouldn't exactly equate him to love. Mozart maybe, Stravinsky for from it. This is a very early piece, before Stravinsky found his voice. He never wrote in romantic style again. His music after this is largely non-sentimental. Yes he absorbed the Russian style of his teacher Rimsky-Kosakov among others, even though he later denied any "Russian" influence in his music.
@DavidTeeee (continued part 1) As for personality Stravinsky was a "complicated" person to say the least. He was a brilliant self-promoter often driven by envy and a music "thief" of the highest sort. By thief, I meant he brilliantly absorbed other composers styles, adding his own twist to it, then presenting it as his own brilliant work. Here is few examples, he downgraded and ridiculed Schoenberg in the 1920's for his 12-tone style of composition.
@DavidTeeee However after Schoenberg died, he himself started writing in the 12 tone style and did so until the stopped composing in the 1960's. As for being equal to LOVE, Stravinsky displayed authoritarian, anti-democratic and anti-Semitic tendencies. And even wrote a letter to Nazi's with documentary proof that he is not a Jew, so they don't ban his music. Anyways, I hope you don't feel I am picking on you, I am really not. It.
@DavidTeeee (Part 3) Its just I feel compelled to tell the full story, when I feel a rather all too human and complicated person is being sold as a loving angel. I really like Stravinsky's music myself, however I don't this there is a correlation between artistic talent and moral purity, at least not in Stravinsky's case. One can be a great composer and not so good of a person, even though Stravinsky was by far not the worst.
@iamalittlespy well that was interesting. When i said "stravinsky = love" i was mostly referring to me loving his music, but I would agree that some of the most talened artists can be not so good of people. Insight appreciated. :P
He dedicated this piece to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakoff. It has the unmistakable influence of Glinka, Tchaikovky (who was his favourite), and in some parts Borodin. But his mastery of the orchestral form is very apparent. In 4:02 there is a hint , albeit momentarily, of Firebird in my opinion. It is however repetitive and boring.
@hollermahler Its an early piece, when Stravinsky was still in his "Russian" period. For some reason Stravinsky's pre-Firebird (1910) music is rather ignored these days. This symphony and an early piano sonata are really not representative of his music as a whole, this might be one answer to your question.
@hollermahler Here is some suggested listening from early Stravinsky, in these pieces the composer is really starting to find his own voice, and move away from the generic late-romanticism of this symphony.
1) Pastorale (1907): Originally for voice and piano, but there is a great arrangement for voice and woodwind trio.
2) Scherzo fantastique, Op.3 (1908): A interesting orchestral piece, that hints on his music in Firebird, with a very Wagnerian section in the middle.
Piano Etudes Op.7 (1908) Interesting demanding piano music very much influenced by Scriabin, with Stravinsky's own rhythmic ingenuity.
Fireworks Op.4: Another early orchestral piece. Don't know much about it but I know it impressed Diaghilev enough to commission Stravinsky to write The Firebird, which really launched his international career.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was Stravinsky's teacher and original inspiration, and you can hear echoes of his teacher in Firebird and Petroushka. I was honored to have choreographed this for the original 1972 Stravinsky Festival by the New York City Ballet. Great score.
It's amazing how Stravinsky's style evolves from this -- which sounds so, well, "normal" -- through neoclassicism around 1920 (when he debuted Pulcinella) and ultimately to his ultimate incomprehensible serialism! I would never have guessed this was his!
I'm normally not too fond of Stravinsky's styles *As I play a stringed instrument and it's REALLY hard to play his music lol* but you gotta admit, this one is pretty good. I prefer Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovitch, but this is nice. I will not deny his musical genius.
Hard? Lol, the Rite of Spring may look hard, but in reality, it isn't. Petrushka can be at times, same with Firebird, but nothing too difficult. I have all scores; sometimes, I play along.
Someone doesn't know good music.
MrQwertyhater 7 months ago
Was there anything this man could not do in music?
RhapsodyinStu 1 year ago
I hear so little Stravinsky in this - even less than his other pre-Petroushka pieces like "Fireworks", which at least sounds like Rimsky Korsakov. If anything, it reminds me of Elgar.
jdegann 1 year ago
Stravinsky = Love. probably my absolute favorite composer EVER. With Mozart in a close second. Stravinsky's type of music is just REALLY my style. Just my opinion. The part beginning at 3:59 is my favorite. And you HAVE to LOVE the end. haha.
DavidTeeee 1 year ago 3
@DavidTeeee As great as Stravinsky is as a composer, I wouldn't exactly equate him to love. Mozart maybe, Stravinsky for from it. This is a very early piece, before Stravinsky found his voice. He never wrote in romantic style again. His music after this is largely non-sentimental. Yes he absorbed the Russian style of his teacher Rimsky-Kosakov among others, even though he later denied any "Russian" influence in his music.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@DavidTeeee (continued part 1) As for personality Stravinsky was a "complicated" person to say the least. He was a brilliant self-promoter often driven by envy and a music "thief" of the highest sort. By thief, I meant he brilliantly absorbed other composers styles, adding his own twist to it, then presenting it as his own brilliant work. Here is few examples, he downgraded and ridiculed Schoenberg in the 1920's for his 12-tone style of composition.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@DavidTeeee However after Schoenberg died, he himself started writing in the 12 tone style and did so until the stopped composing in the 1960's. As for being equal to LOVE, Stravinsky displayed authoritarian, anti-democratic and anti-Semitic tendencies. And even wrote a letter to Nazi's with documentary proof that he is not a Jew, so they don't ban his music. Anyways, I hope you don't feel I am picking on you, I am really not. It.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@DavidTeeee (Part 3) Its just I feel compelled to tell the full story, when I feel a rather all too human and complicated person is being sold as a loving angel. I really like Stravinsky's music myself, however I don't this there is a correlation between artistic talent and moral purity, at least not in Stravinsky's case. One can be a great composer and not so good of a person, even though Stravinsky was by far not the worst.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@iamalittlespy well that was interesting. When i said "stravinsky = love" i was mostly referring to me loving his music, but I would agree that some of the most talened artists can be not so good of people. Insight appreciated. :P
DavidTeeee 1 year ago
He dedicated this piece to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakoff. It has the unmistakable influence of Glinka, Tchaikovky (who was his favourite), and in some parts Borodin. But his mastery of the orchestral form is very apparent. In 4:02 there is a hint , albeit momentarily, of Firebird in my opinion. It is however repetitive and boring.
MrAkihiros 1 year ago
i didn't think much of this piece except the last 5 second of it.
joanekins123 1 year ago
Why is there so little information about this piece out there? I'd like to know more
hollermahler 2 years ago 3
@hollermahler Its an early piece, when Stravinsky was still in his "Russian" period. For some reason Stravinsky's pre-Firebird (1910) music is rather ignored these days. This symphony and an early piano sonata are really not representative of his music as a whole, this might be one answer to your question.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@hollermahler Here is some suggested listening from early Stravinsky, in these pieces the composer is really starting to find his own voice, and move away from the generic late-romanticism of this symphony.
1) Pastorale (1907): Originally for voice and piano, but there is a great arrangement for voice and woodwind trio.
2) Scherzo fantastique, Op.3 (1908): A interesting orchestral piece, that hints on his music in Firebird, with a very Wagnerian section in the middle.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@hollermahler Last suggestoins:
Piano Etudes Op.7 (1908) Interesting demanding piano music very much influenced by Scriabin, with Stravinsky's own rhythmic ingenuity.
Fireworks Op.4: Another early orchestral piece. Don't know much about it but I know it impressed Diaghilev enough to commission Stravinsky to write The Firebird, which really launched his international career.
iamalittlespy 1 year ago
@iamalittlespy Thanks--Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks are some of my favorite pieces by Stravinsky!
hollermahler 1 year ago
This music is so nice.
I've never even heard of this symphony before, but I like it. :)
emilygclarinet 2 years ago
It's so awesome, I love it!
jogaphantom 2 years ago
Looking forward to performing this in December.
BlueeyesSE24 2 years ago
Sounds very much like Tchaikovsky.
iamalittlespy 2 years ago
lol the ending is hilarious
FungoBoy 2 years ago
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was Stravinsky's teacher and original inspiration, and you can hear echoes of his teacher in Firebird and Petroushka. I was honored to have choreographed this for the original 1972 Stravinsky Festival by the New York City Ballet. Great score.
jcliff26 2 years ago
Wow really? That's amazing! :D
Stravinsky91 2 years ago
I can hardly believe the same person wrote the Rite of Spring. Oh dear.
337336324317313306 2 years ago
It's amazing how Stravinsky's style evolves from this -- which sounds so, well, "normal" -- through neoclassicism around 1920 (when he debuted Pulcinella) and ultimately to his ultimate incomprehensible serialism! I would never have guessed this was his!
pianoNYK 2 years ago
I'm normally not too fond of Stravinsky's styles *As I play a stringed instrument and it's REALLY hard to play his music lol* but you gotta admit, this one is pretty good. I prefer Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovitch, but this is nice. I will not deny his musical genius.
RavenGirl84 3 years ago 5
Hard? Lol, the Rite of Spring may look hard, but in reality, it isn't. Petrushka can be at times, same with Firebird, but nothing too difficult. I have all scores; sometimes, I play along.
ThaSchwab 2 years ago
It was his Opus 1 written in 1907
anewman1976 3 years ago
AMAZING!!! I REALLY LOVE THIS. Must be really early Stravinsky. Great piece though. Straight to my favourites!!!!
earthatic 3 years ago
Interestingly this is more middle period Stravinsky... he sort of simplified his style after writing the famous ballets.
pianodan10 2 years ago
Actually this is his late-romaniticistic period, he wrote it in 1907, before the great ballets :)
Stravinsky91 2 years ago
Приколько!
drummanDet 3 years ago