Ronde des Princesses from The Firebird

Quantity in Basket: none Code: PMP1-MMS-20-029 Composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Arranger: Mort Shafer Instrumentation: French Horn Sextet (including Treble and Bass Clef parts for Horn 6) Performance Time: 4:15 Price:$10.00

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Ronde des Princesses is one of the movements from the very popular orchestra work by Stravinsky, The Firebird. The Firebird is based on a Russian fairy tale. The story that accompanies Stravinsky’s composition deals with a fantastic creature (half bird, half woman) clad in feathers of scarlet, gold, copper and vermilion, who is captured by a Prince and then freed. She rewards him with one of her magic feathers, which later serves to protect him from an evil wizard. >. The Firebird made Stravinsky popular. The much touted “1919” version, which is featured in Fantasia 2000, is in fact virtually identical to the earlier one. Stravinsky, a master of self-promotion and hype, made much of his rewrite, but in fact it was all intended to extend his copyright, which was about to run out.

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