filmmusic 1,823 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/igor-stravinsky-lost-work-emerges-after-100-yearsAn important early orchestral work by one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, thought for more than 100 years to have been irretrievably lost, has turned up at last in a pile of old manuscripts in a back room of the St Petersberg Conservatoire.Igor Stravinsky composed his Pogrebal’naya Pesnya (Funeral Song) in memory of his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, shortly after Rimsky’s death in June 1908. The 12-minute work was performed only once, in a Russian symphony concert conducted by Felix Blumenfeld in the Conservatoire in January 1909, but was always thought to have been destroyed in the 1917 revolutions or the civil war that followed.Stravinsky recalled it as one of his best early works (...)Oh My God, I hope they record it soon!I love Stravinsky and when someone thinks that film music owes very much to his work, this is really important! Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Very neat when this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 One wonders what other manuscripts are among that pile, how many other piles there are to be found there, and where else this might be the case ...I long for the age of entirely digitized libraries. Imagine the BYU collection accessible online! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Wow, freakin' awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Stuff like this always leaves the door of hope open for other things. Check your attics people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Stuff like this always leaves the door of hope open for other things. Check your attics people!Maybe John Williams himself has forgotten a couple of compositions in his attic too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 If you like Stravinsky, check out the CDs (or spotify) of The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra:Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Didn't Andre Rieu do some nice arrangements of Stravinsky, Alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Always wonderful when something like this is unearthed.Didn't Andre Rieu do some nice arrangements of Stravinsky, Alex? Andre Rieu: Stravinky's "Light on Spring". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Stuff like this always leaves the door of hope open for other things. Check your attics people!Maybe John Williams himself has forgotten a couple of compositions in his attic too? Well, there's his first and only symphony that nobody has heard so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 I don't know if anyone has listened to this yet, but looking for something else I found it! http://www.medici.tv/#!/valery-gergiev-stravinsky-chant-funebre It starts in the 2nd marker in the video. Will listen to it later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Meh. I prefer Zimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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