Igor Stravinksy in Paris - October, 1923
from Igor Stravinsky: An Autobiography, page 109:
I must come back now to my 'Octuor', the composition of which had been interrupted while I was orchestrating 'Les Noces'. I finished it in May, 1923, and conducted it myself on October 18 of that year in the Paris Opera House at a Koussevitsky concert. / I remember what an effort it cost me to establish an ensemble of eight wind instruments, for they could not strike the listener’s ear with a great display of tone. In order that this music should reach the ear of the public it was necessary to emphasize the entries of the several instruments, to introduce breathing spaces between the … more >>
Igor Stravinksy, Igor Stravinsky: An Autobiography (1936), p. 109. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434888070017 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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Octuor
written by Igor Stravinksy |
performed by Igor Stravinksy |
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Date/Time | October, 1923 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |