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documentary The Final Chorale About the "Symphonies for Wind Instruments", musical oddity

About the "Symphonies for Wind Instruments", musical oddity

The Final Chorale About the "Symphonies for Wind Instruments", musical oddity

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The story of a musical oddity, Symphonies for Wind Instruments by Stravinsky.

Wearing sunglasses and a bow tie, with all the panache of a dandy in spite of his age, Igor Stravinsky (1888-1971) is strolling on the deck of a passenger liner at the arm of a woman in a fur coat… This glamorous image should be kept in mind when listening to Symphony for Wind Instruments composed in memory of Claude Debussy in 1920 and revised in 1947.

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  • Production date: 1991
  • Duration: 46 min
  • Production: © Allegri Film BV
  • Available version(s): EN
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