Igor Stravinksy - in the beginning of the 1900's

from Memories and Commentaries, page 117:

Renard  was inspired by the guzla, the extraordinary instrument carried by the goat in the last part of the play, and imitated in the orchestra with good but less than perfect success by the cimbalom. The guzla, a museum piece now, was rare even in my childhood in St Petersburg. A kind of …   more >>

cite as

Igor Stravinksy and Robert Craft, Memories and Commentaries (Queen Square, London, 2002), p. 117. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450295310675 accessed: 29 March, 2024

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

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Date/Time in the beginning of the 1900's
Medium live

Originally submitted by verafonte on Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:48:30 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:18:23 +0100