Three Stravinsky Analyses: Petrushka, Scene 1 (to Rehearsal No. 8); The Rake’s Progress, Act III, Scene 3 (“In a foolish dream”); Requiem Canticles, “Exaudi”

Authors

Joseph N. Straus, CUNY Graduate CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

Most published work in our field privileges theory over analysis, with analysis acting as a subordinate testing ground and exemplification for a theory. Reversing that customary polarity, this article analyzes three works by Stravinsky (Petrushka, The Rake’s Progress, Requiem Canticles) with a relative minimum of theoretical preconceptions and with the simple aim, in David Lewin’s words, of “hearing the piece[s] better.”

Comments

This item appeared in Music Theory Online in Volume 18, Issue 4 on December 2012. It was authored by Joseph N. Straus, jstraus@gc.cuny.edu, with whose written permission it is reprinted here.