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Funeral Song (Stravinsky)

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is lost. Stravinsky's own recollection in the 1930s was of a piece in which "all the solo instruments of the orchestra filed past the tomb of the master in succession, each laying down its own melody as its wreath against a deep background of tremolo murmurings simulating the vibrations of
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A year of negotiations between the conservatory, the Stravinsky family, and the publisher Boosey & Hawkes followed. After preparation of a new full score, the work received its second performance and its first performance since being rediscovered on 2 December 2016, with the
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commented on Stravinsky's recollections of the work as follows, at a time when the manuscript was still considered to be lost:
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The score was lost after the first performance. Stravinsky later called the work "the best of my works before
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Decca Classics 28948325627: Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor (premiere recording)
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Interview between Natalya Braginskaya and Stephen Walsh, Royal Festival Hall, London, February 2017
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by Igor Stravinsky found in St Petersburg Conservatory, Mariinsky Theatre, 23 November 2016
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Deutsche Grammophon: The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (2021)
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by Igor Stravinsky - how it was discovered", Mariinsky Theatre, 25 November 2016
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Munich Philharmonic Orchestra 0746935760007: Valery Gergiev, conductor (2020)
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Stravinsky composed the work in 1908, upon the death of his teacher
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In the spring of 2015, Irina Sidorenko, a staff librarian at the
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Index

Op.
Igor Stravinsky
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Count Sheremetev
Felix Blumenfeld
The Firebird
chromatic harmony
Paul Griffiths
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
Decca
Riccardo Chailly
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Cornelius Meister
"Long-awaited return of the lost Stravinsky masterpiece Funeral Song"
"Stravinsky's rediscovered Funeral Song restored to life in St Petersburg"
Alex Ross
"A rediscovered Stravinsky work, from before he made his leap into the unknown"
The New Yorker
Paul Griffiths
Stephen Walsh
"Key Igor Stravinsky work found after 100 years"
The Guardian
"Stravinsky's 107-year-old Funeral Song to travel the globe"
Boosey & Hawkes
"Stravinsky: Chant Funèbre, etc CD review – Chailly brings fascinating insights to the road not taken"
The Guardian

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