Stravinsky Seminar

Course Description

Summary

Stravinsky Seminar will meet for the first seven weeks of the term to focus on four musical works from different phases of Igor Stravinsky’s long creative life. In the class we will analyze, discuss, listen to and, in the case of the ballet scores and the oratorio, watch, Le Sacre du Printemps (1913), Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920), Oedipus Rex (1927), and Agon (1957). Assignments will include listening, reading, score study, writing, and brief oral presentations. Students will be expected to have good music reading ability and a knowledge of basic music theory.