The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version) With hundreds of illustrations and

With hundreds of illustrations and fascinating text

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The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version) With hundreds of illustrations andIn 1910, following his successful orchestration of selections for the ballet Les Sylphides, the innovative young composer Igor Stravinsky was commissioned by the director of the Ballets Russes, Serge Diaghilev, to create a completely new score. The dazzling result was The Firebird, a work which brought overnight success to its creator and distinguished him as the most gifted of the younger generation of Russian composers. Based on Russian fairy tales,