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In 1981 a gramophone record appeared-Stravinsky'sChanson russeeight times over, nothing else. There are several reasons why this recording can be called revealing. In 1981, things had gone so far Ihat a fashionable bar in Amsterdam where tasteful backgroundmusic(the worst kind) was played, altc...

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Published inThe Apollonian Clockwork p. 3
Main Authors Louis Andriessen, Elmer Schönberger
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam University Press 15.03.2006
Subjects
Applied sciences
Arias
Art music
Arts
Atonal music
Engineering
High culture
Machinery
Mechanical engineering
Melody
Modernist music
Music
Music composition
Music instrumentation
Music theory
Musical chords
Musical improvisation
Musical performance
Musical pitch
Musical rhythm
Musical theater
Musical time
Opera
Performing arts
Serial music
Theater
Theater history
Theatrical genres
Tonal theory
Western art music
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Summary:In 1981 a gramophone record appeared-Stravinsky'sChanson russeeight times over, nothing else. There are several reasons why this recording can be called revealing. In 1981, things had gone so far Ihat a fashionable bar in Amsterdam where tasteful backgroundmusic(the worst kind) was played, altcrnatcd soft Thad Joncs md soft Morricone Wilh soft (hut intended 10 be loud) fragments from Stravinsky'sPulcinelfaand soft (but intended to be loud) fragments from Sieve Rcich'sFour Organs. In another five years, Webern'sBagatelles, and in another ten years, Schocnbcrg'sPierrot lunairewill get their turns. Chanson russeis an arrangement
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