Petrushka in Full Score: Original Version (Dover Music Scores) [Paperback]

Igor Stravinsky (Author), Music Scores (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music Scores | Publication Date: July 1, 1988

Definitive original edition of the 20th-century classic: Stravinsky's score for the Ballets Russes masterpiece Petrushka, the bizarre tale of three dancing puppets brought to life. First produced in Paris in 1911. Finest inexpensive edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486256804
• ISBN-13: 978-0486256801
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Score right on with the audio, April 13, 2008

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Vivian Khor "Khor Books" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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Full Score is what it is. Well printed. I follow the score with the CD and it's right on.

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing wrong but not the right version, December 6, 2011

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Yuan-chen Li "Langsam" (IL) - See all my reviews
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I bought this score to study for an exam. Then when reading the section of the "Russian Dance," I heard the orchestration much richer and transparent from the recording than it is on the score. It turns out that there is a revised version of this work by Stravinsky himself in 1947. I listened to couple recordings on Naxos music library and pretty sure that most of the recordings play the revised version published by Bossey & Hawkes Petrouchka: Score (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library). The instrumentation of the revised version is smaller and its orchestration has lots more details, such as articulations and economic uses of the textures. The revised version has different rehearsal numbers and extra arrangement for the ending. Just be careful about which version you are looking for.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing item from an amazing seller!, January 21, 2011

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I absolutely loved this music book! I already own many of Stravinsky's other scores, so this was a long-overdue addition to my collection. I was very impressed with the speedy delivery time and was pleasantly surprised by the handwritten note from the seller thanking me for the purchase and the importance of buyer feedback. I had never seen this gesture of good faith from a seller before. I have already begun to dissect every single line of Stravinsky's music score; thus the life of a music major.

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