• Elegy for J.F.K. is a piece of vocal music composed by the Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky in 1964, commemorating the assassination of U.S. President...
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    and 'Elegy for J. F. K.'". Tempo. 73 (73): 12–15. doi:10.1017/S0040298200033520. JSTOR 942857. S2CID 145010719. Reitzes, David (Summer 2013). "JFK conspiracy...
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    ballad for baritone and orchestra (1963) Elegy for J.F.K., for baritone or mezzo-soprano and three clarinets (1964) "The Owl and the Pussy Cat", for soprano...
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    Chanel is said to have stated that "Diaghilev invented Russia for foreigners." [Rhonda K. Garelick].[citation needed] Perhaps Diaghilev's most notable...
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    Kretzmer and music by David Lee, first sung by Millicent Martin (1963) "Elegy for J.F.K." by Igor Stravinsky (1964) "That Was the President", written and sung...
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    1998. ISBN 0-571-19268-8 (cased); ISBN 0-571-19272-6 (pbk). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-691-00419-6 (cased); ISBN 0-691-07049-0...
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    "Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31". Allmusic.com website. (Accessed 4 April 2010). Rosen 1975, p. 87. Rosen 1975, p. 102. Oja, Carol J. 2000. Making...
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    Retrieved 16 May 2016. ^ Notice WorldCat; sudoc; BnF. Engraved on wood and unpublished drawings of Matisse, J. Marchand, R. Dufy, Sonia Lewitska, de Segonzac...
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  • for the usual alto clarinet in E♭ in the Elegy for J.F.K. (1964). Joseph Holbrooke seems to have liked the instrument. He wrote an elaborate part for...
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    Pulcinella is a 21-section ballet by Igor Stravinsky with arias for soprano, tenor and bass vocal soloists, and two sung trios. It is based on the 18th-century...
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    November 10, 2015) was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft...
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    1908, Stravinsky had produced several works, among them a Piano Sonata in F♯ minor (1903–04), a Symphony in E♭ major (1907), which he catalogued as "Opus...
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    characterized by the so-called Petrushka chord (consisting of C major and F♯ major triads played together), a bitonality device heralding the appearance...
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    Payne, Anthony (Summer 1965). "Stravinsky's 'Abraham and Isaac' and 'Elegy for J. F. K.'". Tempo (73). Cambridge University Press: 12–15. JSTOR 942857. Portal:...
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    Switzerland, for a smaller orchestra. Walsh alleged the suite was composed to re-copyright the work, as Stravinsky sold the new suite to his publisher J. & W...
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    Igor Stravinsky (category Composers for piano)
    fondly, composing the Elegy for J.F.K. after the president's assassination a year later. In September 1962, he returned to Russia for the first time since...
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    year that Chanel No. 5 was created. Greenhalgh also wrote the screenplay for the film. Chanel and its former chief designer Karl Lagerfeld lent their...
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    blood." "BBC - Radio 3 - Classical/Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky/A-Z. Letter V for Vera Stravinsky". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-14. Joseph, Charles M...
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    in the Lp Das Moderne Cembalo Der Antoinette Vischer (Wergo, 1965) Elegy for J.F.K. recorded in December 1964 and included in Recent Stravinsky-Conducted...
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    Devil in the collection of Alexander Afanasyev. Histoire du soldat is scored for clarinet, bassoon, cornet (often played on trumpet), trombone, percussion...
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    belonged to the Lubomirski family. As she matured, she developed her talent for painting, calligraphy, and music. After her father's death in 1897, she and...
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  • 6 in B flat, K. 238 No. 8 in C, K. 246 Double Concerto in E flat, K. 365 No. 11 in F, K. 413 No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 No. 21 in C, K. 467 Elvira Madigan...
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    Mikrophonie I Mixtur for five orchestra groups, sine-wave generators, and ring modulators Igor Stravinsky Elegy for J.F.K., for baritone or mezzo-soprano...
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    director" in modern terms), was chiefly responsible for its success. He was uniquely prepared for the role; born into a wealthy Russian family of vodka...
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  • they married in Paris. Although his father had obtained French citizenship for himself and most of his family in 1934, Strawinsky remained stateless as...
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    "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" is a song for soprano and piano composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1966, based on the eponymous text by Edward Lear. It is Stravinsky's...
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    and bassoon, could be six notes from the octatonic scale starting C♯–D–E–F, etc., but incomplete sets such as this illustrate the controversial nature...
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    The "Tarantella" by Igor Stravinsky is an unfinished 16-measure fragment for piano composed on October 14, 1898. It is his earliest surviving attempt...
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  • Elegy is a composition by Igor Stravinsky for solo viola composed in 1944. It was dedicated to the memory of Alphonse Onnou, the founder of the Pro Arte...
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  • ballet Petrushka and in later music. These two major triads, C major and F♯ major – a tritone apart – clash, "horribly with each other," when sounded...
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