Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for String Quartet

[footballstar3927]

I FOUND IT! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!

[stePUNTOdeve]

scusate, ma lo avevano arrestato per via di questi modestissimi brani? Non dico che abbiano fatto bene ma avevano le loro motivazioni..

[CaptainBluebear08]

@stePUNTOdeve

Certamente. Egli non è stato arrestato, ma per (esecuzione di) la sua versione dell'inno nazionale americano ... Ma l'immagine che volevo utilizzare. Un "mug-shot" di un famoso compositore, non si vede spesso !

[stePUNTOdeve]

@CaptainBluebear08 Si, scherzavo, ma apprezzo molto questa tua scelta, è una foto molto rara e l'aneddoto che mi hai raccontato la dice lunga su quel periodo storico...

[CaptainBluebear08]

@stePUNTOdeve

Infatti. Ma anche in questi giorni, gli americani ottenere tutti arrabbiati e nella negazione di fronte a questo scandalo. Orribile e allo stesso tempo divertente, in un certo senso.

[thefirerockstar]

he is the man!!!

[daveisgr81]

Desperately wanted to see NWA's Fuck Da Police in the right-hand column...

[natie566]

This is extremely boring to me. Idk how anyone can seriously listen to this....

[johnnynoirman]

hehehe why do you think anyone cares about what you think?

when your dead...stravinsky will continue.

[TheTimeTraveler100]

Lol at Gangsta igor. :)

[TempodiPiano]

I love the little ironic polka at 2:00, a hang to the whole piece for me. The Russian often add sarcasms into tragedy or desolation, which accentuates them. Isn't this still typically "Russian" somehow ? DSCH might have knew this piece I guess. Terrifically modern for 1914, even after the Rite. I prefer this style than Schoenberg's, there is more theatricality. Anyway, thank you, Captain ! (Sorry for the English)

[Bolenderable]

@TempodiPiano

I agree with most of what you said. But you have to admit that Pierrot Lunaire is pretty theatrical.

[chapulinsincolorado]

who is in tha picture?

[CaptainBluebear08]

Note 0:10

[whythewar1]

@CaptainBluebear08 He was arrested for rewriting the anthem, right?

[CaptainBluebear08]

@whythewar1

Yes, and for concertising it, that's the bottomline.

[Valhalla0]

@chapulinsincolorado are you fucking serious?

[chrisbonebrake]

@chapulinsincolorado Its Stravinsky you dork!

[Varese52]

I don't think I'd describe the younger generation of composers who protested Stravinsky's neoclassical works as "radical". I guess they wanted the old firebrand who had set off one of several earlier explosions of 20th century music to continue to inspire them. In the 50s, Stravinsky did indeed alter his style and created several more masterpieces in his later years using his very personal approach to 12 tone composition, a method which he had disdained earlier.

[Anonymous0422]

Who is performing? Or am I completely missing it?

[Varese52]

Actually, the Rite of Spring debacle of 1913 had more to do with the audience reaction to Nijinsky's choreograohy than it did with the music. Not long after the riotous ballet premiere, the piece was performed again, without the dancers, in a concert version and it was well-received by the audience. A riot which really upset Stravinsky was in reaction to some of the later neoclassic works and was led by none other than a young Pierre Boulez.

[lorenzarthur91]

@varese52

weren't they modern enough for the radical composers?

[DocHou72]

I wonder if he fought the police? Rite of Spring already showed he was brutal . . . he might as well have . . . he's the biggest badass ever, probably my favorite composer of all . . .

[CaptainBluebear08]

Hahh, wanna bet ? I am rather sure he did !

[jmlicari]

Actually, did you know that Stravinsky cried and left after the riot for the premiere of The Rite Of Spring?

[CaptainBluebear08]

It's always been a funny thing with that Rite premiere. It was a huge scandal and with the scuffles an' all, but after that it never again was. That's exactly the opposite with Arnold Schönberg, who said that his Transfigured Night was a scandal with all the scuffles etc., but after that THE SCANDALS NEVER DISAPPEARED ... !

[CaptainBluebear08]

Actually, I believe he delivered some bolts himself... # "He got rhythm"# ...

[whythewar1]

@DocHou72 He was Arrested for making a variation of the American Anthem

[divinedgar]

i'm pretty sure this was when he was arrested for concertizing his own arrangement of the american national anthem.

land of the free, baby.

[CaptainBluebear08]

Exactly. I did not believe my eyes at first. Home of the brave, man.

Great pic though. Couldn't resist.