{"id":1385,"date":"2022-04-25T23:01:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T04:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2022-04-25T23:03:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T04:03:21","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/2022\/04\/25\/__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulcinella Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am researching for a paper on Pulcinella\u00a0<\/em>by Igor Stravinsky. This piece has always been one of my favorites, which I discovered from a book of trumpet excerpts. I always thought it was neoclassical, but as we discussed in class it really wasn\u2019t thought of in that way. In fact, some critics thought that it was \u201csacrilegious\u201d to use (music they thought was written by) Pergolesi in the way he did.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

I am finding more and more primary sources in critic reviews, of which I have 3 so far. They have different perspectives: one pleased with the work, one who objects to the use of older music, and one that is neutral. I found 2 from Gallica, and oThese took a lot of time to read, as I had to copy the OCR, check it word for word for errors, and then paste it into Google translate. But now I have three good reviews to use.<\/p>\n

When doing the microfilm research in the Guide Du Concerts<\/i>, I was unable to find any mention of Pulcinella except for a \u201cMay 15: Ballets Russes\u201d buried on the page. I was able to find the other concerts that were occurring on that date, but it is really odd that such a large premiere was not mentioned more in the Guide<\/i>. Perhaps the Guide<\/i>\u00a0exclusively covers concerts, and not much of opera or ballet.<\/p>\n

I also was able to find a book with essays from various musicologists about Pulcinella, Maurine Carr\u2019s \u201cStravinsky’s Pulcinella : a facsimile of the sources and sketches.\u201d Unfortunately, the library\u2019s copy is listed as \u201clost\u201d, but I was able to find most of what I needed in Google Books (shhh don\u2019t tell anyone). Catalyst wouldn\u2019t let me request an interlibrary loan because the St. Olaf Library should have it, but doesn\u2019t. I may look further into this problem. I have a few other books checked out that I haven\u2019t yet read through, which may prove useful. And the readings from class, particularly Messing\u2019s neoclassicism book, will be easy to use.<\/p>\n

Finally, the subject of the origins of the music \u201csampled\u201d by Stravinsky is one we covered in class\u2014 that music attributed to Pergolesi was really written by other composers, particularly Dominico Gallo. I \u00a0first found this out from my favorite classical music YouTube channel, David Hurwitz:<\/p>\n