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Scelsi, Giacinto Stockhausen, Karlheinz Stravinsky, Igor

Stravinsky, Igor

Musical-theatrical works

• L'oiseau de feu [The Firebird](ballet, 2 scenes, M. Fokine), orch, 1909-10

• Petrushka (Pétrouchka) (ballet, 4 scenes, A. Benois), orch, 1910-11, rev. 1946

• Le sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring (literally 'Sacred Spring')] (ballet, 2 pts, N. Roerich), orch, 1911-13, rev. 1943

• Le rossignol [The Nightingale], (musical fairy tale, 3, Stravinsky, S. Mitusov after H.C. Andersen), solo vv, chorus, orch, Act 1, 1908-9; Acts 2-3, 1913-14, rev.

• Renard [Fable of the Fox, the Cock, the Tomcat and the Ram/Reynard], (burlesque in song and dance, Stravinsky after A.N. Afanas'yev), 2 T, 2 B, small orch, 1915-16

• Les noces [The Wedding],(Russ. choreographic scenes, 4 scenes, Stravinsky after Russ. trad. coll. P.V. Kireyevsky), S, Mez, T, B, SATB, 4 pf, perc ens, inc. draft, 1914-17; completed 1921-33

• Chant du rossignol [Song of the Nightingale], (sym. poem/ballet, 1, Stravinsky after Andersen)[arr. from The Nightingale, acts 2-3], orch, 1917

• Histoire du soldat, (performance to be read, played and danced, 2 pts, C.F. Ramuz), 3 actors, female dancer, cl, bn, cornet, trbn, perc, vn, db, 1918

• Pulcinella, (ballet with song, 1, L. Massine) [after D. Gallo, Pergolesi and others], S, T, B, chbr orch, 1919-20

• Mavra, (opéra bouffe, 1, B. Kochno after A. Pushkin: Domik v Kolomne [The Little House at Kolomna]), S, Mez, A, T, orch, 1921-2

• Oedipus rex, (oratorio-opera, 2, J. Cocteau after Sophocles, Lat. trans. J. Daniélou), nar, solo vv, male chorus, orch, 1926-7

• Apollo (Apollon musagète), (ballet, 2 scenes), str, 1927-8

• Le baiser de la fée, (allegorical ballet, 4 scenes, Stravinsky after Andersen) [after songs and pf pieces by Tchaikovsky], orch, 1928

• Perséphone, (melodrama, 3 scenes, A. Gide), spkr, T, SATB, TrA, orch, 1933-4

• Jeu de cartes, (ballet in 3 deals, Stravinsky, N. Malayev), orch, 1936

• Circus Polka (for a young elephant), circus band (scored D. Raksin), band, 1942

• Scènes de ballet, orch, 1944

• Orpheus, (ballet, 3 scenes), orch, 1947

• The Rake's Progress, (opera, 3, epilogue, W.H. Auden, C. Kallman), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1947-51

• Agon, (ballet), orch, 1953-7

• The Flood, (musical play, Craft after York and Chester mystery plays and Bible: Genesis)T, 2 B, SAT, actors, nar, orch, 1961-2

Orchestral

• Symphony, E , op.1, orch, 1905-7 

• Scherzo fantastique, op.3, orch, 1907-8 

• Feu d'artifice [Fireworks], op.4, orch, 1908, rev. 1909 

• Funeral Song, op.5, orch, 1908, unpubd, lost 

• Suite from 'The Firebird' ,orch, 1910, rev. reduced orch, 1919, rev. reduced orch, 1945

• Suite no.2 [arr. of 3 pièces faciles, pf 4 hands, 1914-15, and 5 pièces faciles, pf 4 hands, 1917: no.5], small orch, 1915-1921

• Suite from 'Pulcinella', chbr orch, 1922 

• Concerto, pf, wind, timp, dbs, 1923-4

• Suite no.1 [arr. of 5 pièces faciles, pf 4 hands, 1917: nos. 1-4], orch, 1925

• Quatre études [arr. of 3 Pieces, str qt, and Study, pianola], orch, 1928-9

• Capriccio, pf, orch, 1928-9 

• Violin Concerto, D, 1931 

• Divertimento [arr. from ballet Le baiser de la fée, 1928], orch, 1934 

• Concerto 'Dumbarton Oaks', chbr orch, 1937-8 

• Symphony in C, orch, 1938-40 

• Danses concertantes, chbr orch, 1940-2 

• Circus Polka, orch, 1942 

• Four Norwegian Moods, orch, 1942 

• Ode, orch, 1943 

• Symphony in Three Movements, orch, 1942-5 

• Scherzo à la russe [arr. of jazz band piece], orch, 1945 

• Concerto in D, str, 1946 

• Greeting Prelude [after C.F. Summy: Happy Birthday to you], orch, 1955 

• Movements, pf, orch, 1958-9 

• Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa [free arrs. of Gesualdo madrigals], orch, 1960 

• Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam), orch, 1963-4 

• Canon (on a Russian Popular Tune) [theme from finale of The Firebird], orch, 1965 

Large ensemble or band

• March [arr. of 3 pièces faciles, pf 4 hands, 1914-15: no.1] , 12 insts, 1915, unpubd 

• Ragtime, fl, cl, hn, cornet, trbn, perc, cimb, 2 vn, va, db, 1917-18 

• Symphonies d'instruments à vent [Symphony for wind instruments] , 24 insts, 1920; final chorale rev. wind ens without cl, 1945; complete work rev. 1947 for 23 insts

• Praeludium, jazz ens, 1936-7 rev. 1953 

• Scherzo à la russe, [Russian Scherzo], jazz band, 1943-4 

• Ebony Concerto, cl, jazz band, 1945 

• Concertino [arr. of str qt work, 1920] , fl, ob, eng hn, A-cl, 2 bn, 2 tpt, trbn, b trbn, vn, vc, 1952 

• Tango [arr. of pf work, 1940] , 19 insts, 1953 

• Eight Instrumental Miniatures [arr. of Les cinq doigts, pf, 1921], 15 insts, 1962 

Choral music

• Cantata [for the 60th birthday of Rimsky-Korsakov], chorus, ?pf, 1904, unpubd, lost 

• Le roi des étoiles [The king of the stars (literally 'Star-Face')], K. Bal'mont, TTBB, orch, 1911-12
  Saucers (literally 'In the Presence of the Dish') (Four Russian Peasant Songs), I. Sakharov, female vv, rev. for equal vv, 4 hn , 1914-17, rev. 1954 

1. U spasa v' Chigisakh [`In Our Saviour's Parish at Chigasï] , 4vv, 1916 

2. Ovsen' [Ovsen], 2vv, 1917 

3. Shchuka [The Pike], 3 solo vv, 4vv, 1914 

4. Puzishche [Mr Portly], solo v, 4vv, 1915

• Our Father, (Slavonic), SATB, 1926 , rev. as Pater noster, Lat., SATB, 1949 

• Symphonie de psaumes [Symphony of Psalms ],  Pss xxxviii. 13-14, xxxix. 2-4, cl , SATB, orch, 1930 

• Symbol of faith (Slavonic), SATB, 1932, rev. as Credo, Lat., SATB, 1949 

• Blessed Virgin (Slavonic), SATB, 1934, rev. as Ave Maria, Lat., SATB, 1949 

• Babel, cant., Genesis xi.1-9, male nar, male vv, orch, 1944 

• Mass, Lat., TrATB, 2 ob, eng hn, 2 bn, 2 tpt, 3 trbn , 1944-8 

• Cantata, late medieval Eng. verse, S, T, female vv, 2 fl, ob, ob + eng hn, vc, 1951-2 

• Canticum sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis , Vulgate, T, Bar, chorus, orch , 1955

• Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae , Vulgate, S, A, 2 T, 2 B, chorus, orch, 1957-8 

• A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer, cant., Bible: Romans viii.24-5, Hebrews xi.1, xii.29; ?Acts vi-vii; T. Dekker, A, T, spkr, chorus, orch , 1960-61 

• Anthem 'The dove descending breaks the air', T.S. Eliot: Little Gidding, pt.IV , SATB, 1962 

• Introitus (T.S. Eliot in memoriam), Requiem mass (Lat.), male vv, pf, hp, 2 timp, 2 tam-tams, va, dbs, 1965 

• Requiem Canticles, Requiem Mass (Lat.), A, B, chorus, orch, 1965-6

Vocal music

• Tucha [The Storm Cloud] (Pushkin), romance, 1v, pf, 1902 (pubd in Igor Stravinsky vokal'naya muzika, i, Moscow, 1982, F 1986)

• Kak gribi na voynu sbiralis' [How the Mushrooms Prepared for War], song, B, pf, 1904 (B 1979)

• Konduktor i tarantul [The Driver and the Tarantula] (Koz'ma Prutkov [A.K. Tolstoy, Zhemchuzhnikov brothers]), 1v, pf, 1906, unpubd, lost

• Faune et bergère [The Faun and the Shepherdess] (song suite, Pushkin), op.2, Mez, orch, 1906 : 1 Pastushka, 2 Favn', 3 Reka [The River]

• Tri pesenki 'Iz vospominaniyha yunosheskikh godov' [Three Little Songs 'Recollections of my Childhood'] (Russ. trad.), 1v, pf, c1906, rev. 1913; arr. 1v, small orch, 1929-30: 1 Sorochen'ka [The Magpie], 2 Vorona [The Rook], 3 Chicher' yacher' [The Jackdaw]

• Deux mélodies (S. Gorodetsky), op.6, Mez, pf, 1907-8: 1 Vesna (Monastïrskaya) [Spring/The Cloister], 2 Rosyanka (Khlïstovskaya) [A Song of the Dew/Mystic Song of the Ancient Russian Flagellants]

• Pastorale (textless), S, pf, 1907; arr. S, ob, eng hn, cl, bn, 1923

• Deux poèmes de Paul Verlaine, op.9, Bar, pf, 1910; arr. Bar, chbr orch, 1910, 1951-2 : 1 Un grand sommeil noir, 2 La lune blanche

• Dva stikhotvoreniya Konstantina Bal'monta [Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont], S/T, pf, 1911 ; arr. S/T, 2 fl, 2 cl, pf, str qt, 1954: 1 Nezabudochka tsvetochek' [The Little Forget-Me-Not Flower], 2 Golub' [The Dove]

• Three Japanese Lyrics (trans. A. Brandt), S, pf/(2 fl, 2 cl, pf, str qt), 1912-13: 1 Akahito, 2 Mazatsumi, 3 Tsaraiuki

• Pribautki (Pribaoutki) (Afanas'yev), male v, pf/(fl, ob + eng hn, cl, bn, vn, va, vc, db), 1914: 1 Kornilo, 2 Natashka, 3 Polkovnik [The Colonel], 4 Starets i zayats [The Old Man and the Hare]

• Berceuses du chat [Cat's Cradle Songs] (Russ. trad. coll. P. Kireyevsky), A, pf/(E -cl, cl + A-cl, A-cl + b cl), 1915 : 1 Spi, kot [The Tom-Cat], 2 Kot na pechi [The Tom-Cat on the Stove], 3 Bay-bay [Bye-Byes], 4 U kota, kota [O Tom-Cat, Tom-Cat]

• Trois histoires pour enfants [Three Children's Tales] (P.V. Sheyn, Afanas'yev), 1v, pf, 1916-17: 1 Tilimbom, 1917, 2 Gusi-lebedi [Geese, Swans], 1917, 3 Pesenka medvedya [The Bear's Little Song], 1915; no.1 rev. 1v, orch, 1923

• Berceuse (Stravinsky), 1v, pf, 1917 (in Eng. edn of Expositions and Developments, London, 1962)

• Quatre chants russes (Russ. trad.), 1v, pf, 1918-19 (La revue romande, 15 Sept 1919 [nos.3 and 4], [complete]): 1 Selezen' (Khorovodnaya) [The Drake/Round], 2 Zapevnaya [Counting Song], 3 Podblyudnaya [Table-Mat Song], 4 Sektantskaya [Dissident Song]; no.4 arr. 1v, fl, cimb, 1918-19 (in Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence, i, London, 1982 [facs.])

• Chanson de Paracha, S, orch, 1922-3 [arr. from op Mavra, 1921-2]

• Petit Ramusianum harmonique (Stravinsky, C.-A. Cingria), 1v/unison vv, 1937 (in Hommage à C.-F. Ramuz, Lausanne, 1938)

• Tango (textless), 1v, pf, 1940, unpubd [arr. of pf piece]

• Hommage à Nadia Boulanger (Petit canon pour la fête de Nadia Boulanger), 2 T, 1947

• Three Songs from William Shakespeare, Mez, fl, cl, va, 1953: 1 Musick to Heare, 2 Full Fadom Five, 3 When Dasies Pied

• Four Songs, 1v, fl, hp, gui, 1953-4 (C 1955) [arrs. of 4 chants russes, 1918-19: nos. 1 and 4, and 3 Children's Tales, 1916-17: nos. 2 and 1]: 1 The Drake, 2 A Russian Spiritual, 3 Geese and Swans, 4 Tilimbom

• In memoriam Dylan Thomas (Thomas: Do not go gentle into that good night), dirge canons and song, T, str qt, 4 trbn, 1954

• Abraham and Isaac (Bible: Genesis xxii, in Heb.), sacred ballad, Bar, chbr orch, 1962-3

• Elegy for J.F.K. (Auden), Bar/Mez, 3 cl, 1964

• The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (E. Lear), 1v, pf, 1966 (B 1967)

Chamber music

• Three Pieces, str qt, 1914; rev. 1918

• Lied ohne Name, 2 bn, 1916-18 (in Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence, i, London, 1982)

• Suite from 'Histoire du soldat', vn, cl, pf, 1918-19 ; 'grande suite', cl, bn, cornet, trbn, perc, vn, db, 1920

• Concertino, str qt, 1920

• Octet, fl, cl, 2 bn, C-tpt, A-tpt, trbn, b trbn, 1922-3

• Suite d'après thèmes, fragments et pièces de Giambattista Pergolesi, vn, pf, 1925 [arr. from ballet Pulcinella, 1919-20]

• Berceuse, vn, pf, 1926 [arr. from ballet The Firebird]

• Prélude et Ronde des princesses, vn, pf, 1926 [arr. from The Firebird

• Duo concertant, vn, pf, 1931-2 

• Chants du rossignol et Marche chinoise, vn, pf, 1932  [arr. from op The Nightingale, 1908-14]

• Danse russe, vn, pf, 1932,  [arr. from ballet Petrushka, 1910-11]

• Divertimento, vn, pf, 1934 [arr. of Divertimento from ballet Le baiser de la fée, 1928]

• Scherzo, vn, pf, 1932 [arr. from The Firebird]

• Suite italienne, vc, pf, 1932  [arr. from ballet Pulcinella, 1919-20]

• Suite italienne, vn, pf, 1932  [arr. from Pulcinella]

• Ballade, vn, pf, 1933, collab. Dushkin, unpubd [arr. from ballet Le baiser de la fée, 1928]

• Pastorale, vn, pf, 1933 [arr. of solo vocal work, 1907]; arr. vn, ob, eng hn, cl, bn, 1933 

• Chanson russe, vn, pf, 1937  [arr. from op Mavra, 1921-2]

• Tango, vn, pf, 1940, unpubd [arr. of pf piece, 1940]

• Septet, cl, bn, hn, pf, vn, va, vc, 1952-3

• Epitaphium, fl, cl, hp, 1959

• Double Canon, str qt, 1959 

• Lullaby, tr rec, a rec [arr. from op The Rake's Progress, 1947-51]

• Fanfare for a New Theatre, 2 tpt, 1964 

Piano and solo instrumental

• Tarantella, 1898, inc., unpubd

• Scherzo, 1902

• Sonata, f , 1903-4

• [4] Etudes, op.7, 1908

• Valse des fleurs, pf 4 hands, 1914 (in R. Craft: A Stravinsky Scrapbook 1940-1971, London, 1983 [facs.])

• Trois pièces faciles, 4 hands, 1914-15 (He 1917, C): 1 Marche, 2 Valse, 3 Polka

• Souvenir d'une marche boche, 1915 (in E. Wharton, ed.: The Book of the Homeless, London, 1916)

• Polka, cimb, 1915 (in Feuilles musicales [Lausanne], March-April 1962 [facs.]) [arr. of 3 pièces faciles, pf 4 hands, 1914-15: no.3]

• Cinq pièces faciles, 4 hands, 1917: 1 Andante, 2 Española, 3 Balalaika, 4 Napolitana, 5 Galop

• Valse pour les enfants, 1916 or 1917

• Study, pianola, 1917, roll T 967 B (Aeolian Co., 1921); unpubd in score

• Ragtime, 1917-18  [arr. of work for 11 insts]

• Three Pieces for clarinet, cl + A-cl, 1918 

• Piano-Rag-Music, 1919

• Concertino, 4 hands ?1920  [arr. of str qt piece]

• Les cinq doigts, 1921

• Three Movements from 'Petrushka', 1921 [from ballet, 1910-11]

• Sonata, 1924

• Serenade in A, 1925

• Concerto, 2 pf, 1932-5

• Tango, 1940 

• Circus Polka, 1941-2

• Sonata, 2 pf, 1943-4

• Elégie, va/vn, 1944

Arrangements

• F. Chopin: 

  Nocturne, A , op.32/2; 

  Valse brillante, E , op.18, orch, 1909, unpubd [for ballet Les sylphides]

  Two 'Songs of the Flea' (J.W. von Goethe), B, orch, 1909 [arr. of Musorgsky and Beethoven: op.75/3]

• E. Grieg: 

Kobold, op.71, no.3, 1910, unpubd, lost [later used in ballet Les orientales]

• M. Musorgsky: 

• final chorus and aria of Khovanshchina, 1913, remaineder arr. Ravel

• Song of the Volga Boatmen, wind, perc., 1917

• Boris Godunov: chorus 'Na kogo tï nas pokidayesh'' (Prologue), pf, 1918, unpubd

R. de Lisle: 

• La marseillaise, vn, 1919, unpubd

• P. Tchaikovsky: 

  • The Sleeping Beauty: 

    • Variation d'Aurore (Act 2, no.16b); 

    • Entr'acte (Act 2, no.19), orch, 1921, unpubd

    • Bluebird Pas-de-deux (Act 3, nos.10-13), small orch, 1941

    • The Star-Spangled Banner, orch, 1941

• J.S. Bach: 

  Choral-Variationen über das Weihnachtslied 'Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her', chorus, orch, 1955-6

  Four Preludes and Fugues from Das wohltemperirte Clavier: bk 1, c , e, b; bk 2, d), str, ww, 1969, unpubd

• C. Gesualdo di Venosa: 

Tres sacrae cantiones, sextus and bassus parts supplied, 1957-9: 1 Da pacem Domine, 2 Assumpta est Maria, 3 Illumina nos

• J. Sibelius: 

• Canzonetta, op. 62a, 2 cl, 4 hn, hp, db, 1963

• H. Wolf: 

  • Two Sacred Songs: Herr, was trägt der Boden hier, Wunden trägst du, from the Spanisches Liederbuch, Mez, 10 insts, 1968

Principal publishers

• Associated

• Belyayev

• Bessell

• Boosey & Hawkes

• Breitkopf & Härtel

• Chappell

• Charling

• Chester

• Faber

• Hansen

• Henn

• Jurgenson

• Leeds

• Mercury

• Edition Russe de Musique

• Paul Sacher Stiftung

• Schott

• Sirène