Stravinsky and the Russian Period

Contents

• Introduction;
• 1. Meter and metrical displacement in Stravinsky;
• 2. The octatonic scale;
• 3. A brief survey;
• 4. Meter, motive, and alignment in Les Noces - Stravinsky's block and layered structures;
• 5. Melody and harmony in Les Noces;
• 6. Meter, text, and alignment in Renard (1916) - Stravinsky's 'rejoicing discovery';
• 7. Allegro! Renard reconsidered;
• 8. Melodic repeat structures in the music of Stravinsky, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov - another look at the symphonies of wind instruments (1920);
• 9. Issues of performance practice and aesthetic belief;
• 10. Stravinsky and his critics.