Pulcinella (ballet)

Pulcinella is a ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on an 18th-century play. The dancer Leonid Myasin created both the libretto and choreography, and Pablo Picasso designed the original costumes and sets. It was comissioned by Sergei Diaghilev.

Related Topics:
Ballet - Igor Stravinsky - Leonid Myasin - Pablo Picasso - Sergei Diaghilev

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Stravinsky based most of the composition on existing Baroque scores he found in libraries in Naples and London. He rewrote this older music in a more contemporary way by borrowing specific themes and textures, but interjecting modern rhythms, cadences and harmonies. Pulcinella is scored for a modern chamber orchestra and is often considered to be the first piece of Stravinsky's neo-classical period.

Related Topics:
Baroque - Chamber orchestra - Neo-classical

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