(See related pages)
|
|
|
| Igor Stravinsky | ||
| This site offers a complete look at the composer with biographical information, lists of works, and photos. ( http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/stravinsky.html ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| BBC Profiles: Igor Stravinsky | ||
| This BBC site includes a biography, discography, and sound files from the Rite of Spring and A Soldier's Tale. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/stravinsky.shtml ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Stravinsky Biography | ||
| This site offers a nicely organized discussion of Stravinsky's compositional style periods along with a good amount of information on individual works as well. ( http://igor-stravinsky.biography.ms/ ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Bohemian Artists in Paris | ||
| This site describes the unique attraction Paris had to artists and musicians in the early twentieth century, which resulted in a unique colony of thinkers and artists. ( http://www.bohemiabooks.com.au/eblinks/spirboho/early20C/ ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Microcosms: Primitivism | ||
| This site offers detailed musical examples that distinguish primitivism in music from impressionism and other styles. ( http://www.udayton.edu/~music/faculty/magnuson/microcosms/primitivism.html ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| NPR Radio: The Premiere of The Rite of Spring | ||
| This NPR radio program discusses the scandal surrounding the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring by the Ballets Russes in Paris. ( http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/milestones/991110.motm.riteofspring.html ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Kennedy Center: Stravinsky | ||
| This Kennedy Center site features a biography of Stravinsky with video interviews and musical performances on The Rite of Spring and its premiere. ( http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=composition&compositi... ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Art History: Neoclassicism | ||
| This site offers some background information on the early twentieth-century neoclassical trend in art and music that is closely related to Stravinsky in music. ( http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Neoclassicism_(music) ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Pablo Picasso | ||
| This very "artistic" site will help you understand the life and work of the great artist Pablo Picasso, who featured prominently in the neoclassic craze and other artistic innovations of the twentieth century. ( http://www.picasso.fr/anglais/index.htm ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| World War I: A Brief Look | ||
| This site offers a brief history of the events of World War I, which that had a profound impact on the arts and artists of the time. ( http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/3017/ ) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||