{"product_id":"16991-stravinsky-igor-molinari-bernardino-typed-letter-signed-with-musical-notes-about-the-rite-of-spring","title":"Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Molinari, Bernardino. (1880–1952)] Typed Letter Signed with Musical Notes about the Rite of Spring","description":"Typed letter signed from the important composer to Italian conductor Bernardino Molinari, containing three autograph musical examples in his hand from the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite of Spring. \u003c\/i\u003eParis, August 1, 1938. Stravinsky offers four clarifications about measures 142, 174, 181 and 201 of the work, three of these with musical notation penned on machine-drawn staves. \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e1 page, 4to; folds, faint scattered foxing, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Together with an 8 x 10 modern reproduction of a photograph of Stravinsky with Jean Cocteau, Picasso and his wife Olga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTranslated from the French, in full: \"My dear Molinari, 142 [musical example] is correct. 174 [musical example] is correct. 181 [musical example] is correct. 201. No need for an accelerando or a \"lunga ad libitum\"—it should all be played regularly in the tempo indicated at 186 and at the start of la Danse Sacrale 142 keeping the pulse of 126 to the quarter note (=126). Excuse me, dear friend, that I write these lines in great haste. For your reference, may I bring to your attention my Columbia record where The \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite\u003c\/i\u003e is recorded under my direction, and where you therefore will be able to find the answers to many of the questions that will arise as you study my score. As I am planning to travel and you risk not being able to reach me if you have questions to ask me, these discs, faithful documents of the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite\u003c\/i\u003e, as far as I hear it, will replace my personal indications. Yours, Igor Stravinsky.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe ballet and orchestral concert work was\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e written for the 1913 Paris season of \u003c\/span\u003eSergei Diaghilev\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallets Russes, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ethe original choreography by \u003c\/span\u003eVaslav Nijinsky\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e with stage designs and costumes by \u003c\/span\u003eNicholas Roerich\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. When first performed at the \u003c\/span\u003eThéâtre des Champs-Élysées\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e on 29 May 1913, the \u003c\/span\u003eavant-garde\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a \"riot\" or \"near-riot,\" though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAlthough designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093635846303,"sku":"16991","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Stravinsky_Rite_of_Spring_TLS_16991.jpg?v=1722189344","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/16991-stravinsky-igor-molinari-bernardino-typed-letter-signed-with-musical-notes-about-the-rite-of-spring","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}