Stravinsky, Igor – Pétrouchka (1947)

Description

One of the most famous ballet scores of the twentieth century. Completed in 1911, Petrouchka was the second of Stravinsky’s great ballets and is equally at home in the concert hall as in the theatre. Now published in The Masterworks Library: Landmark 20th century works from the Boosey & Hawkes catalogue available for the first time in full score format at pocket score prices with introductory notes, illustrations and photographs. Ideal for students, conductors, performers, libraries, CD collectors and general music enthusiasts.

Contents

1. The Shrove-tide Fair
2. Danse Russe
3. Pétrouchka
4. The Blackamoor
5. Valse
6. The Shrove-tide Fair and the Death of Pétrouchka
7. Wet-nurses’ Dance
8. Gypsies and a Rake Vendor
9. Dance of the Coachmen
10. Masqueraders
11. The Scuffle: Blackamoor and Pétrouchka
12. Deatrh of Pétrouchka
13. Police and the Juggler
14. Apparition of Pétrouchka’s Double