Igor Stravinsky’s commission to write The Firebird would be the break that the young composer had been looking for. After the ballet’s premiere, he became an immediate celebrity, and it not only secured his place as a composer for the Ballets Russes, but as a respected and beloved international figure.
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Music for this episode:
Pipe Dreams by Brightarm Orchestra – https://open.spotify.com/track/6rEgLfri1boWGFSoTUrW0y?si=DRs5gSZMQx-vBHROp78eEg
Prelude by Trevor Kowalski – https://open.spotify.com/track/2NzQGuWizwdjAo2cXIyFrD?si=pAHugghgTTywEVEVAY8R6g
My Flaws and All by Howard Harper-Barnes – https://open.spotify.com/track/5l4t5HA7hRsUbEZuqH1uwC?si=TmHpnQJkSBe6keDGVFcXFQ
Changing Outlook by Trevor Kowalski – https://open.spotify.com/track/5ue8ogOGWBVn8ea8AwuMVf?si=1SFIMWnNR26v_kUhyLGosA
Royal Estate by Isaac Gregor – https://open.spotify.com/track/4cqz64jAcQBn3xVIIIIfE9?si=0RtfqfqmQg63fXlT3gld7Q
Careful Mind by Martin Klem – https://open.spotify.com/track/32KjC9LHmHwNkMHsQRJarP?si=ScgEMbu1TUq67Ba7xCSlCw
When I Realized by John Barzetti – https://open.spotify.com/track/4iVnjTD7Ll0a5lLERTvsx3?si=mP9JH3nsT1C-cqyZ2apsdg
Firefly Trail by Trevor Kowalski – https://open.spotify.com/track/4SUPWzR8WY6i83Gtv8pUZG?si=vTEw7lP5TLuBUz1JopU97g
Sources:
An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky – https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Igor-Stravinsky-1998-12-17/dp/B01K3PD6J8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KHBXR83XBK75&dchild=1&keywords=igor+stravinsky+autobiography&qid=1589334449&sprefix=Stravinsky+an+autobiograph%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1
Stravinsky’s Ballets by Charles M. Joseph – https://www.amazon.com/Stravinskys-Ballets-Yale-Music-Masterworks/dp/0300118724/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Ballets+of+Stravinsky+Joseph&qid=1589334565&sr=8-1
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross – https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Listening-Twentieth-Century/dp/0312427719/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589334779&sr=8-1
Foundation Igor Stravinsky – https://fondation-igor-stravinsky.org/en/composer/
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