Igor Stravinsky :: The Firebird (Zhar'-ptitsa; L'oiseau de feu): Suite (1919 version)


 

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Stravinsky, Igor
1882-1971
(b Oranienbaum, nr St Petersburg, 5/17 June 1882; d New York, 6 April 1971). Russian composer, later of French (1934) and American (1945) nationality
The Firebird (Zhar'-ptitsa; L'oiseau de feu): Suite (1919
version) <1909–1910>
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Only one bar of Eh; remainder is for 2ob.
Reorchestrated by the composer in 1919; sometimes identified as
Second Suite from Firebird. Old Kalmus ed. Clark McAlister (now out of print).
Serenissima ed. (2016) by Clinton F. Nieweg & Clark McAlister of this notoriously error-ridden score and parts. It is newly engraved, and includes Textual Notes about the sources, as well a a 3-page table of Major Discrepancies. Score and parts have measure numbers. Set includes alternative B-flat clarinet parts (originals, also inclluded, are in A).
1. Introduction
2. L'Oiseau de feu et sa danse & Variation de l'oiseau
de feu
3. Ronde des princesses
4. Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï
5. Berceuse
6. Final







Additional info
Contents—1. Introduction; 2. L'Oiseau de feu et sa danse & Variation de l'oiseau de feu; 3. Ronde des princesses; 4. Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï; 5. Berceuse; 6. Final