Igor Stravinksy in Monte Carlo - at the end of 1921

from Igor Stravinsky: An Autobiography, page 102:

It was a restless winter for me, as I had to travel a good deal. My work at Pleyel’s entailed frequent visits to Paris, and I had to attend the rehearsals of ‘Mavra’ and ‘Renard’, which were just going to be produced by Diaghileff at the Paris Opera House, thanks to the generous help of Princess Edmond de Polignac. / This necessitated several visits to Monte Carlo, where the choreography of ‘Renard’ was being created by Bronislava Nijinska, sister of the famous dancer and herself and excellent dancer endowed with a profoundly artistic nature, and, in contrast to her brother, …   more >>
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Igor Stravinksy, Igor Stravinsky: An Autobiography (1936), p. 102. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434886277443 accessed: 10 November, 2024

location of experience: Monte Carlo

Listeners

Igor Stravinksy
[…] Composer, Conducting, Musician, Pianist
1882-1971

Listening to

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'Mavra'
written by Igor Stravinksy
Renard
written by Igor Stravinksy

Experience Information

Date/Time at the end of 1921
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public

Originally submitted by verafonte on Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:31:17 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:07:05 +0000