Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar and classical music composer Igor Stravinsky have much more in common than a ...
A Belgian soldier had a vision during the last German attack. He saw the whole earth, uprooted, dancing madly and monotonously to the music of Igor Stravinsky. Thus terrific, thus awful a genius does ...
One of the century’s great composers makes his home in Hollywood—surrounded by the film colony, but no part of it. His presence sometimes makes film makers a little uneasy; maybe they’re missing ...
Igor Stravinsky composed his 1928 ballet, “The Fairy’s Kiss,” based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Ice Maiden.” Along with his own original music, Stravinsky adapted early piano pieces and ...
On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T. Gilbert ’89 and solo violinist Isabelle Faust, the BSO performed Joseph ...
Oct. 18, 1966 marked a special day in the annals of Princeton. Musicians on campus held their breath for the arrival of the world-renowned Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Igor Stravinsky.
Now through Feb. 28, the Music Department will be celebrating the work of eminent twentieth century composer Igor Stravinsky with several special events, including lectures, concerts and even puppet ...
This past Tuesday at Morse Recital Hall in New Haven, a number of artists affiliated with Yale University, including alumni and students of the Schools of Drama and Music, put on a production of The ...
From Wagner’s leitmotifs to Stravinsky’s pounding rhythms, classical music has left an indelible mark on cinema. Film composers borrow centuries-old techniques to deepen emotion, build tension, and ...