DipABRSM Program Notes
DipABRSM Program Notes
DipABRSM Program Notes
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Un poco andante
Allegro Adagio
Sarabande. Largo
Tambourin. Presto
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Introduzione
Serenata
In the years after World War I, Stravinsky was in a
dilemma deciding works as an encore after his premier
of THE RITE OF SPRING in 1913. It was the result of
war that sources of income was at scare. He was
approached by Diaghiler to re- orchestrate early music
based on theme by Giovanni Pergolesi, thus the possible
source of income. The music was initially written for a
ballet featuring Pullcinella which was an early opera with
instrumental music dated back to 16th Century.
Stravinsky had then rewritten this suite by keeping
the original melody line but blending in his own style of
harmonic language and structure, making it fondler for
the orchestra. The first published Italienne Suite was
made for cello and piano and the following years he
made another arrangement for violin and piano with
Samuel Dushkin and also named it Suite Italienne.
opera,
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modulation
therein