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Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) & Kallman, Chester. (1921–1975)]. The Rake's Progress - SIGNED LP INSERT. The Rake's Progress an Opera in 3 Acts. A Fable by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman. Columbia Records SL-125 F/L 2 recording insert, boldly signed in blue ink by the composer "I Stravinsky" to the upper right corner. 1 sheet, giving the cast, composer's statement and precis (verso). Edges toned and with small tears, else fine.
"There is no work by Stravinsky, or by anyone else, that embodies more conspicuously than the Rake's Progress the artistic self-consciousness - the consciousness of art in crisis - that is the nub and essence of 'neo-classicism'" (Grove Opera, 3: 1222).
The Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. First performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 11 September 1951, the American premiere was on 14 February 1953, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, conducted by Fritz Reiner and produced by George Balanchine. Often described as the final work of Stravinsky’s neoclassical period (in which the composer took inspiration from, quoted, and explored historical musical styles, particularly those of the baroque and classical eras), the impact of The Rake’s Progress comes from its collision of old-fashioned musical formality and anarchic contemporary harmony and dramaturgy.
Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) & Kallman, Chester. (1921–1975)]. The Rake's Progress - SIGNED LP INSERT. The Rake's Progress an Opera in 3 Acts. A Fable by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman. Columbia Records SL-125 F/L 2 recording insert, boldly signed in blue ink by the composer "I Stravinsky" to the upper right corner. 1 sheet, giving the cast, composer's statement and precis (verso). Edges toned and with small tears, else fine.
"There is no work by Stravinsky, or by anyone else, that embodies more conspicuously than the Rake's Progress the artistic self-consciousness - the consciousness of art in crisis - that is the nub and essence of 'neo-classicism'" (Grove Opera, 3: 1222).
The Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. First performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 11 September 1951, the American premiere was on 14 February 1953, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, conducted by Fritz Reiner and produced by George Balanchine. Often described as the final work of Stravinsky’s neoclassical period (in which the composer took inspiration from, quoted, and explored historical musical styles, particularly those of the baroque and classical eras), the impact of The Rake’s Progress comes from its collision of old-fashioned musical formality and anarchic contemporary harmony and dramaturgy.