- Stravinsky originally scored this early work (1907) for soprano voice (textless) and piano.1
- In 1923, Stravinsky arranged the work for soprano, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon; in 1933, he arranged it for violin and piano, and again for chamber ensemble.2
- Stravinksy dedicated this piece to Nadezhda Rimsky-Korsakov, the daughter of his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.3 This piece had its first performance at one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s weekly Wednesday musical gatherings at his home.4
- Violinist Samuel Dushkin participated in creating the violin arrangement of this work.5 Dushkin also assisted Stravinsky with his Violin Concerto.6
Sources
- Stephen Walsh, “Stravinsky, Igor,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed May 27, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000052818.
- Ibid.
- Igor Stravinsky, Pastorale pour Chant et Piano (Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1908).
- Walsh, “Stravinsky, Igor,” Grove Music Online.
- Igor Stravinsky, Pastorale: Chant sans paroles pour soprano et piano: pour Violin et Piano, trans. Stravinksy and Samuel Dushkin (Mainz: Schott, 1962).
- David Milsom, “Samuel Dushkin (1891-1976),” Naxos, accessed May 27, 2022, https://www.naxos.com/person/Samuel_Dushkin_20940/20940.htm.
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