STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF SCHERZO A LA RUSSE , arranged for two pianos, inscribed with the title at the beginning and signed there in full and dated '1943' and signed again with initials at the end and dated 'June 1944 Hollywood', scored for two pianos on two to three systems of up to five staves per page, some additional bars inserted between the staves, with autograph revisions by erasure of the original, black ink, 14 pages, 4to (320 x 240mm)., (some leaves cut and reassembled evidently by the composer with some attendant minor damage not affecting the overall condition). Scherzo à la russe was written for Paul Whiteman's jazz band, employing abandoned music composed during the early years of the war for a film set in Russia. The work was modelled after Rimsky-Korsakov's Dubinushka and Stravinsky wrote of it, 'It is composed in the spirit of Russian folk music although without the use of a special folk tune. You asked me what was my inspiration in composing it. I answer: the object of my inspiration lies, as always, in music itself and never in things exterior to the music.' (Robert Craft, ed., Stravinsky, Selected Correspondence , London, 1985, vol.III, p.298). It was first performed by Whiteman in a Blue Network Programme radio broadcast on 5 September 1944. This version for two pianos appears to be contemporary with the jazz version, which Stravinsky was working on in May 1944 and was completed by the end of June. He referred to the possibility of performing the work on two pianos in a letter of 8 April 1946 ( Selected Correspondence , vol.III, p.305) but the present manuscript clearly predates this and contains notes unplayable on the piano alongside the satves marked 'Piano 1' and 'Piano 2'. There are, however, no indications of scoring for any other instruments and this appears to be the original version for two pianos. Stravinsky also arranged the work for orchestra, which was finished in May 1945 and first performed on 22 March 1946 in San Francisco by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer and was published by Chappell in the same year. The jazz version was published, also by Chappell, in 1946 and this two piano version by Schott & Co. c.1955.
STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF SCHERZO A LA RUSSE , arranged for two pianos, inscribed with the title at the beginning and signed there in full and dated '1943' and signed again with initials at the end and dated 'June 1944 Hollywood', scored for two pianos on two to three systems of up to five staves per page, some additional bars inserted between the staves, with autograph revisions by erasure of the original, black ink, 14 pages, 4to (320 x 240mm)., (some leaves cut and reassembled evidently by the composer with some attendant minor damage not affecting the overall condition). Scherzo à la russe was written for Paul Whiteman's jazz band, employing abandoned music composed during the early years of the war for a film set in Russia. The work was modelled after Rimsky-Korsakov's Dubinushka and Stravinsky wrote of it, 'It is composed in the spirit of Russian folk music although without the use of a special folk tune. You asked me what was my inspiration in composing it. I answer: the object of my inspiration lies, as always, in music itself and never in things exterior to the music.' (Robert Craft, ed., Stravinsky, Selected Correspondence , London, 1985, vol.III, p.298). It was first performed by Whiteman in a Blue Network Programme radio broadcast on 5 September 1944. This version for two pianos appears to be contemporary with the jazz version, which Stravinsky was working on in May 1944 and was completed by the end of June. He referred to the possibility of performing the work on two pianos in a letter of 8 April 1946 ( Selected Correspondence , vol.III, p.305) but the present manuscript clearly predates this and contains notes unplayable on the piano alongside the satves marked 'Piano 1' and 'Piano 2'. There are, however, no indications of scoring for any other instruments and this appears to be the original version for two pianos. Stravinsky also arranged the work for orchestra, which was finished in May 1945 and first performed on 22 March 1946 in San Francisco by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer and was published by Chappell in the same year. The jazz version was published, also by Chappell, in 1946 and this two piano version by Schott & Co. c.1955.
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