Leopold
Stokowski:
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American Stage Premiere of Igor Stravinsky's
Le sacre du printemps and Arnold Schoenberg's Die Glueckliche
Hand
11 April 1930
Le sacre du printemps, "Introduction" (excerpt) [RealPlayer required] Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra Recorded 24 and 25 September 1929 and 12 March 1930 |
This double bill was sponsored by the League of Composers, a New York-based organization that promoted the composition and performance of contemporary music. Performed in Philadelphia and New York--in the Metropolitan Opera Houses of both cities--the event was well-covered by the press and earned Stokowski an appearance on the cover of Time magazine.
American stage premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du
printemps
Stage setting and costumes by Nicholas Roerich
Martha Graham: above center & below
April 1930
Conducting score (Berlin: Edition Russe de Musique, 1921)
marked for performance by Stokowski
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