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Prélude et Ronde des princesses (from The Firebird, arr. Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky · 1882–1971
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10
Listen
- Type
- Short piece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 5 min
- Era
- 20th century
- Nationality
- Russian-American
- Exam lists
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Notes
Lyrical cantabile, harmonics, tone colour
About this work
- Composed
- 1910
- Dedicated to
- Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov
- First performed
- 1910/06/25 in Paris, Théâtre National de L’Opéra; Tamara Karsavina (Firebird); Michael Fokine (Ivan Tsarevich); Vera Fokina (The Beautiful Tsarevna); Aleksey Bulgakov (Kastchei the Immortal); Les Ballets Russes; Léon Bakst, Aleksandr Golovin (costumes); Aleksandr Golovin (scenery design); Sergey Grigoriev (director); Michael Fokine (choreography); Gabriel Pierné (conductor)