"Le
Sacre du printemps" was written in Clarens, where Strawinsky generally
lives. It was produced in Paris in 1913. The opera "Le Rossignol," of
which one act was completed in 1909, and two in 1914, was produced in
Paris and in London just before the war. A new ballet "Les Noces
villageoises" has not as yet been produced.
Other of Strawinsky's compositions are:
Opus 1, "Symphony in E-flat"; Opus 2, "Le Faune et la Bergere," songs
with orchestral accompaniment; Opus 3, "Scherzo fantastique"; Opus 4,
"Feuerswerk"; Opus 5, "Chant funebre" in memory of Rimsky-Korsakoff;
Opus 6, Four Studies for the pianoforte; Opus 7, Two songs; "Les Rois
des Etoiles," for chorus and orchestra; Three songs on Japanese poems
with orchestral accompaniment; Three pieces for string-quartet; An
unpublished pianoforte sonata; A ballet for clowns.
MAHLER
Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia, July 7th, 1860. He died in
Vienna May 18th, 1911. He studied the pianoforte with Epstein,
composition and counterpoint with Bruckner. In 1883 he was appointed
Kapellmeister in Kassel; in 1885 he was called to Prague; in 1886 he was
made conductor of the Leipzig opera. In 1891 he went to Hamburg to
conduct the opera, and in 1897 he was made director of the Vienna Court
Opera.
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