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Bluebird Pas de Deux (Stravinsky)

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is scored for a large ensemble consisting of a flute, an oboe, two clarinets, a bassoon, a French horn, two trumpets, two trombones, timpani, and a string section consisting of five violins, four violas, three cellos and two double basses. As an original addition, Stravinsky did not actually reduce
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Given the fact that only portions of the score had gotten to the United States by this time, and were only available in the form of piano reductions, this was a re-orchestration on the part of Stravinsky, which is why it is often entitled a "re-scoring" by other Stravinsky experts. This was not the
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the orchestra, but rather chose to include a piano to provide a new element to help articulation and sonority. According to Stravinsky himself, "the prominent piano part helps to conceal the small number of strings" in
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This is one of the least published and performed pieces by Stravinsky. Following is a short list of recordings of this piece:
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changed it in the original production, hence Stravinsky's title. This was Stravinsky's first commission as an
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in New York City on October 28, 2008. The recording was released in 2011 by
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recorded the piece with the Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble at the
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As in the original, this short ballet consists of four movements:
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Pas de deux de l'Oiseau bleu et la Princesse Florine
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Index

Igor Stravinsky

arrangement
chamber orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
Igor Stravinsky
Lucia Chase
Lucia Chase
Ballet Theatre
pas de quatre
Marius Petipa
expatriate
United States
Robert Craft
Sergei Diaghilev
World War II
Schott Music
Chester Music
Robert Craft
American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Craft, Robert
"Stravinsky, I.: Duo concertant / Sonata for 2 Pianos / Requiem Canticles (Frautschi, Denk, Philharmonia Orchestra, Craft) (Stravinsky, Vol. 12)"

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