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L'Histoire du soldat

Histoire du soldat, or Tale of the Soldier, as it was first published,[1] is an hour-long 1918 theatrical work to be "read, played and danced (lue, jouée et dansée)" by three actors, one or more dancers, and a septet of instruments. Its music is by Igor Stravinsky, its libretto, in French, by Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz; the two men conceived it together, their basis being the Russian tale The Runaway Soldier and the Devil in the collection of Alexander Afanasyev.[2]

Music edit

Histoire du soldat is scored for clarinet, bassoon, cornet (often played on trumpet), trombone, percussion, violin and double bass. The music is rife with changing time-signatures and for this reason is commonly, though not always, performed with a conductor.

Roles edit

Ramuz relates the parable of a soldier who trades his violin to the Devil in return for vast economic gain by means of three actors: the Narrator, who both narrates and impersonates several minor characters; the Devil, who assumes various guises; and the Soldier himself, Joseph, from no army identified. A dancer has the usually silent role of the Princess.

First performances edit

Stravinsky was helped greatly in the work's production by Swiss philanthropist Werner Reinhart, who sponsored and underwrote its premiere. In gratitude Stravinsky dedicated Histoire to him,[3] and gave him the manuscript.[4][5]

Histoire du soldat was first performed on 28 September 1918 in Lausanne, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. British conductor Edward Clark, who was a friend and champion of Stravinsky and a former assistant to Ansermet at the Ballets Russes, led the British premiere in 1926 in Newcastle upon Tyne and gave three fully staged performances in London the following July.[6]

Suites edit

Reinhart continued his support of Stravinsky's work in 1919 by funding a series of concerts of his recent chamber music.[7] These included a suite of five numbers from Histoire du soldat arranged for clarinet, violin and piano, in a nod to Reinhart who was an amateur clarinetist.[8] This was first performed on 8 November 1919, also in Lausanne, long before a larger suite employing all seven original instruments became available to other musicians.[9]

Structure edit

The work's sixteen narrative and instrumental sections alternate and are not intended to overlap.

Part 1 edit

Joseph Duprat, the Soldier, is walking exhausted toward his hometown on a 15-day leave, pack in tow. (Marche du soldat / The Soldier's March). He rests by a stream. From his pack he takes out his lucky St. Joseph medallion, then a mirror, next a picture of his fiancée, and finally his violin. He begins to play. (Petits airs au bord du ruisseau / Airs by the Stream). The Devil appears, disguised as an old man carrying a butterfly net. Joseph does not notice him but continues to play. The Devil sneaks up from behind and startles him.

The Devil asks Joseph to sell him his violin. When Joseph refuses he offers him a book that he says will lead to untold wealth. Joseph does not understand the book, but the Devil convinces him it is worth more than his cheap violin. Joseph realizes the book contains events that happen in the future. He accepts the Devil's offer to spend three days at the Devil's home in great luxury to learn about the book and teach the Devil the violin. After this term the Devil takes Joseph the rest of his way home. (Reprise: Marche du soldat).

But once in his hometown Joseph notices something strange: everyone runs away as they see him. He arrives at his fiancée's house only to find her with husband and children. Finally he realizes that three years, not three days, have passed and that his former neighbors and friends think he's a ghost. (Pastorale).

Joseph sees the Devil in disguise as a cattle merchant and confronts him. The Devil tries to calm Joseph by reminding him of the book's power: Joseph started off as a peddler but with the knowledge gained from the book quickly amassed wealth. The Soldier realizes this material wealth means nothing. All he wants is what he had before, the things everyone else has. (Reprise: Petits airs). Agitated, he leafs through the book for a solution, in vain.

The Devil arrives, now disguised as an old woman peddler. She offers for sale a lucky medallion, a mirror, a picture of a woman, and then a violin. Joseph moves to buy the violin, but when she hands it over he finds he can no longer play: it makes no sound. (Reprise: Petits airs). He hurls it away and tears up the book.

Part 2 edit

Joseph leaves his home with nothing and marches through town. (Reprise: Marche du soldat). He arrives at an inn where he hears the news that the king's daughter is sick, and whoever can raise her from her bed will be given her hand in marriage. He makes his way to the palace. (Marche royale / Royal March).

The Devil is already at the palace disguised as a virtuoso violinist. Joseph turns over some cards and gets an air of confidence when they are all hearts. The Devil makes his presence known, clutching the violin to his chest, and taunts Joseph. The Narrator informs Joseph that the Devil still controls him because he retains the Devil's money, and if he can lose all of it to the Devil in a card game he will be free.

This the Soldier does. He then takes the violin and plays. (Petit concert / Little Concert). He triumphantly marches into the Princess's chambers where he plays another tune. Miraculously the music revives her, and she begins a sequence of dances. (Trois danses / Three Dances: Tango, Waltz, Ragtime).

As the two embrace the Devil arrives, for the first time undisguised. Joseph shields the Princess. He realizes he can defeat the Devil by playing his violin. (Danse du diable / Dance of the Devil). Unable to resist the music, the Devil begins to contort, is exhausted, and finally falls to the ground. Joseph takes the Princess's hand and together they drag the Devil away before falling into each other's arms. (Petit choral / Little Chorale).

But the Devil pops his head in and begins to torment the couple, warning that Joseph may not leave the palace without the Devil regaining control of him. (Couplets du diable / The Devil's Couplets).

Conclusion edit

Over the Grand choral / Great Chorale, the Narrator states the moral:

Il ne faut pas vouloir ajouter
À ce qu'on a, ce qu'on avait;
On ne peut pas être à la fois
Qui on est et qui on était.
Il faut savoir choisir;
On n'a pas le droit de tout avoir:
C'est défendu.
Un bonheur est tout le bonheur;
Deux, c'est comme s'ils n'existaient plus.

You must not seek to add
To what you have, what you once had;
You have no right to share
What you are with what you were.
No one can have it all:
That is forbidden;
You must learn to choose between.
One happy thing is every happy thing;
Two, is as if they had never been.

The work ends with Joseph crossing the frontier-post, a boundary not to be crossed, after being tempted by the ideal of having both his wife and his mother. The Devil is waiting as Joseph turns back to find his Princess, now gone. (Marche triomphale du diable / The Devil's Triumphant March): violin and percussion entwined in a rhythmic duel, the final measures played solely by the percussionist; here the score is marked decrescendo to the end, although this may be changed crescendo when performing the Suite.

Translations into English and German edit

The original French text by Ramuz has been translated into English by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black, and into German by the poet Hans Reinhart.[10]

Musical influences edit

Histoire du soldat shows Stravinsky's absorption of a wide range of musical influences: the pasodoble in the Marche royale; the tango, the waltz and ragtime, as played by Joseph to cure the Princess; klezmer in the instrumentation and textures; Luther's Ein feste Burg in the Petit choral; and Bach in the Grand choral. According to the musicologist Danick Trottier, these influences are linked to a certain extent to Stravinsky's experiences and first successes in the cosmopolitan Paris of the early 1910s, since the capital of France was a confluence-point for a variety of artists and musicians during La Belle Époque.[11]

Performance history edit

World premiere
Lausanne, Switzerland, 28 September 1918, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Cast: Gabriel Rosset as the Soldier, Jean Villard as the Devil (speaking parts), and Elie Gagnebin as the Narrator. Choreography by Georges Pitoëff, who danced in the role of the Devil opposite his wife Ludmilla as the Princess. Sets and costumes by René Auberjonois.
UK
Concert Suite: 1920, London, conducted by Ernest Ansermet.
Full staging, 1926, Newcastle upon Tyne, conducted by Edward Clark. Three further fully staged performances in London in July 1927.
France
Full staging (by Diaghilev), Paris, 1924.
Germany
1924: Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden (conducted by Otto Klemperer).
US
Ballet version: New York City Opera, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center: 1978: Directed by Frank Corsaro and Gardner Compton (who also choreographed), conducted by Imre Palló. Scenic and costume design by Victor Capecce; lighting design by Ken Billington. Barry Bostwick played the title role, and the Princess was portrayed by Mercedes Ellington. John Lankston and the New York City Opera Dancers completed the cast. (Presented on a triple bill with La voix humaine and The Impresario.)[12]
Balletmaster Peter Martins created the Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat for New York City Ballet. The premiere was at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center on 30 January 1981 with the original cast consisting of Darci Kistler, Kyra Nichols, Ib Andersen, Heather Watts, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Victor Castelli, Bart Cook, and Daniel Duell.[13] The Martins ballet was given again May 1987[14] and revived in May 1999 when it was reviewed by Jack Anderson.[15]
Canada
Narrated version: Montreal Festivals, 1949.
Staged version: Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1955: directed by Douglas Campbell. Costume design by Clarence Wilson. Lillian Jarvis as the Princess, Marcel Marceau as the Devil, Douglas Rain as the Soldier, narrated by William Needles.

Recordings edit

Adaptations edit

References edit

Notes

  1. ^ "Histoire du soldat, K029 (Stravinsky, Igor)". IMSLP. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  2. ^ Taruskin 1996, p. 1295.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  4. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ Stephen Walsh, "The composer, the antiquarian and the go-between: Stravinsky and the Rosenthals, The Musical Times, [northern] Spring 2007, from findarticles.com, retrieved 14 July 2009
  6. ^ Gareth James Thomas, The Impact of Russian Music in England 1893–1929
  7. ^ Dr. Richard E. Rodda, "Three Pieces for Clarinet", Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program notes, 2007 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine on chambermusicsociety.org, retrieved 14 July 2009
  8. ^ Robert Bridge, "L'Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale): A Brief Historical Overview", 17 May 1994 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine on sunyocc.edu, retrieved 14 July 2009
  9. ^ Susan Halpern, "Recital Notes for January 29, 2008" from A Musical Feast December 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on amusicalfeast.com, retrieved 14 July 2009
  10. ^ Stravinsky & Ramuz 1987.
  11. ^ Trottier, Danick (12 March 2020). "1918. Histoire du soldat, la France dans le rétroviseur de Stravinski". Nouvelle histoire de la musique en France (1870-1950).
  12. ^ Schonberg, Harold C. (April 24, 1977). "Opera: 'Trilogy' by City Company". The New York Times.
  13. ^ "Historic Soldat, New Work by Martins" by Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, 31 January 1981. Retrieved 18 October 2009
  14. ^ Jennifer Dunning, "The City Ballet in Histoire du Soldat, The New York Times, 17 May 1987. Retrieved 18 October 2009
  15. ^ "Dance; Bouncy Stravinsky Music For a Playful Conversation", The New York Times, 17 May 1999. Retrieved 18 October 2009
  16. ^ Soldier's tale, The, directed by Michael Birkett
  17. ^ "Tim Buckley – A Chronology, 1971–1973" by Robert Niemi
  18. ^ "Music News Digest – September 12, 2018". FYI Music News. 12 September 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  19. ^ "Rock Legend Roger Waters Has Adapted the Narration and Recorded Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale – He Narrates the Whole of this Harrowing Modern Fairy Tale Himself". 26 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Bil Baird and his marionettes are busy with Stravinsky now" by Mark Steinbrink, The New York Times, 26 June 1983
  21. ^ The Soldier's Tale (1984) at IMDb  
  22. ^ The Soldier' Tale 2005-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, review at DVD Verdict review
  23. ^ Joan Sanmarti: Improvisacions amb la història d'un soldat d'Igor Stravinsky 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine – listen
  24. ^ The Soldier's Tale 2008-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, The British Theatre Guide review by Philip Fischer of The Old Vic production, 2006
  25. ^ . 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

Sources

Further reading edit

  • Bailey, Kathryn. "Melodic Structures in the Overture and Scene-Music of Histoire du soldat". Canadian Association of University Schools of Music Journal/Association Canadienne des Écoles Universitaires de Musique Journal 4, nos. 1–2 (Fall 1974): 1–7.
  • Craft, Robert. "Histoire du soldat (the Musical Revisions, the Sketches, the Evolution of the Libretto)". The Musical Quarterly 66, no. 3 (July 1980): 321–38.
  • Loeffler, Peter. Die Geschichte vom Soldaten: Strawinsky, Ramuz, Auberjonois, Ansermet. Das Profil der Uraufführung in Lausanne im September 1918, rendered in German by Hans Reinhardt. Basel: Springer, 1994. ISBN 978-3-7643-2958-7.
  • Marti, Christoph. "Zur Kompositionstechnik von Igor Strawinsky: Das Petit concert aus der Histoire du soldat". Archiv für Musikwissenschaft 38, no. 2. (1981): 93–109.
  • Ramuz, Charles-Ferdinand. Histoire du soldat, illustrée de lithographies originales par Hans Erni. Lausanne: André et Pierre Gonin. 326 copies signed by author and artist. 73 black-and-white lithographs within the text and 2 on the wrappers. 100 pages + 2 leaves. A livre d'artiste printed on Arches paper and housed in a vellum and board folder and matching slipcase.
  • Vaccaro, Jean-Michel. "La musique dans l'Histoire du soldat". Voies de la création théâtrale 6 (1978): 55–76.
  • Zur, Menachem. "Tonal Ambiguities as a Constructive Force in the Language of Stravinsky". The Musical Quarterly 68, No. 4 (October 1982): 516–526.

External links edit

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The Soldier s Tale redirects here For the unrelated 1988 movie see A Soldier s Tale Histoire du soldat or Tale of the Soldier as it was first published 1 is an hour long 1918 theatrical work to be read played and danced lue jouee et dansee by three actors one or more dancers and a septet of instruments Its music is by Igor Stravinsky its libretto in French by Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz the two men conceived it together their basis being the Russian tale The Runaway Soldier and the Devil in the collection of Alexander Afanasyev 2 Contents 1 Music 2 Roles 3 First performances 4 Suites 5 Structure 5 1 Part 1 5 2 Part 2 5 2 1 Conclusion 6 Translations into English and German 7 Musical influences 8 Performance history 9 Recordings 10 Adaptations 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External linksMusic editHistoire du soldat is scored for clarinet bassoon cornet often played on trumpet trombone percussion violin and double bass The music is rife with changing time signatures and for this reason is commonly though not always performed with a conductor Roles editRamuz relates the parable of a soldier who trades his violin to the Devil in return for vast economic gain by means of three actors the Narrator who both narrates and impersonates several minor characters the Devil who assumes various guises and the Soldier himself Joseph from no army identified A dancer has the usually silent role of the Princess First performances editStravinsky was helped greatly in the work s production by Swiss philanthropist Werner Reinhart who sponsored and underwrote its premiere In gratitude Stravinsky dedicated Histoire to him 3 and gave him the manuscript 4 5 Histoire du soldat was first performed on 28 September 1918 in Lausanne conducted by Ernest Ansermet British conductor Edward Clark who was a friend and champion of Stravinsky and a former assistant to Ansermet at the Ballets Russes led the British premiere in 1926 in Newcastle upon Tyne and gave three fully staged performances in London the following July 6 Suites editReinhart continued his support of Stravinsky s work in 1919 by funding a series of concerts of his recent chamber music 7 These included a suite of five numbers from Histoire du soldat arranged for clarinet violin and piano in a nod to Reinhart who was an amateur clarinetist 8 This was first performed on 8 November 1919 also in Lausanne long before a larger suite employing all seven original instruments became available to other musicians 9 Structure editThe work s sixteen narrative and instrumental sections alternate and are not intended to overlap Part 1 edit Joseph Duprat the Soldier is walking exhausted toward his hometown on a 15 day leave pack in tow Marche du soldat The Soldier s March He rests by a stream From his pack he takes out his lucky St Joseph medallion then a mirror next a picture of his fiancee and finally his violin He begins to play Petits airs au bord du ruisseau Airs by the Stream The Devil appears disguised as an old man carrying a butterfly net Joseph does not notice him but continues to play The Devil sneaks up from behind and startles him The Devil asks Joseph to sell him his violin When Joseph refuses he offers him a book that he says will lead to untold wealth Joseph does not understand the book but the Devil convinces him it is worth more than his cheap violin Joseph realizes the book contains events that happen in the future He accepts the Devil s offer to spend three days at the Devil s home in great luxury to learn about the book and teach the Devil the violin After this term the Devil takes Joseph the rest of his way home Reprise Marche du soldat But once in his hometown Joseph notices something strange everyone runs away as they see him He arrives at his fiancee s house only to find her with husband and children Finally he realizes that three years not three days have passed and that his former neighbors and friends think he s a ghost Pastorale Joseph sees the Devil in disguise as a cattle merchant and confronts him The Devil tries to calm Joseph by reminding him of the book s power Joseph started off as a peddler but with the knowledge gained from the book quickly amassed wealth The Soldier realizes this material wealth means nothing All he wants is what he had before the things everyone else has Reprise Petits airs Agitated he leafs through the book for a solution in vain The Devil arrives now disguised as an old woman peddler She offers for sale a lucky medallion a mirror a picture of a woman and then a violin Joseph moves to buy the violin but when she hands it over he finds he can no longer play it makes no sound Reprise Petits airs He hurls it away and tears up the book Part 2 edit Joseph leaves his home with nothing and marches through town Reprise Marche du soldat He arrives at an inn where he hears the news that the king s daughter is sick and whoever can raise her from her bed will be given her hand in marriage He makes his way to the palace Marche royale Royal March The Devil is already at the palace disguised as a virtuoso violinist Joseph turns over some cards and gets an air of confidence when they are all hearts The Devil makes his presence known clutching the violin to his chest and taunts Joseph The Narrator informs Joseph that the Devil still controls him because he retains the Devil s money and if he can lose all of it to the Devil in a card game he will be free This the Soldier does He then takes the violin and plays Petit concert Little Concert He triumphantly marches into the Princess s chambers where he plays another tune Miraculously the music revives her and she begins a sequence of dances Trois danses Three Dances Tango Waltz Ragtime As the two embrace the Devil arrives for the first time undisguised Joseph shields the Princess He realizes he can defeat the Devil by playing his violin Danse du diable Dance of the Devil Unable to resist the music the Devil begins to contort is exhausted and finally falls to the ground Joseph takes the Princess s hand and together they drag the Devil away before falling into each other s arms Petit choral Little Chorale But the Devil pops his head in and begins to torment the couple warning that Joseph may not leave the palace without the Devil regaining control of him Couplets du diable The Devil s Couplets Conclusion edit Over the Grand choral Great Chorale the Narrator states the moral Il ne faut pas vouloir ajouter A ce qu on a ce qu on avait On ne peut pas etre a la fois Qui on est et qui on etait Il faut savoir choisir On n a pas le droit de tout avoir C est defendu Un bonheur est tout le bonheur Deux c est comme s ils n existaient plus You must not seek to add To what you have what you once had You have no right to share What you are with what you were No one can have it all That is forbidden You must learn to choose between One happy thing is every happy thing Two is as if they had never been The work ends with Joseph crossing the frontier post a boundary not to be crossed after being tempted by the ideal of having both his wife and his mother The Devil is waiting as Joseph turns back to find his Princess now gone Marche triomphale du diable The Devil s Triumphant March violin and percussion entwined in a rhythmic duel the final measures played solely by the percussionist here the score is marked decrescendo to the end although this may be changed crescendo when performing the Suite Translations into English and German editThe original French text by Ramuz has been translated into English by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black and into German by the poet Hans Reinhart 10 Musical influences editHistoire du soldat shows Stravinsky s absorption of a wide range of musical influences the pasodoble in the Marche royale the tango the waltz and ragtime as played by Joseph to cure the Princess klezmer in the instrumentation and textures Luther s Ein feste Burg in the Petit choral and Bach in the Grand choral According to the musicologist Danick Trottier these influences are linked to a certain extent to Stravinsky s experiences and first successes in the cosmopolitan Paris of the early 1910s since the capital of France was a confluence point for a variety of artists and musicians during La Belle Epoque 11 Performance history editWorld premiere Lausanne Switzerland 28 September 1918 conducted by Ernest Ansermet Cast Gabriel Rosset as the Soldier Jean Villard as the Devil speaking parts and Elie Gagnebin as the Narrator Choreography by Georges Pitoeff who danced in the role of the Devil opposite his wife Ludmilla as the Princess Sets and costumes by Rene Auberjonois UK Concert Suite 1920 London conducted by Ernest Ansermet Full staging 1926 Newcastle upon Tyne conducted by Edward Clark Three further fully staged performances in London in July 1927 France Full staging by Diaghilev Paris 1924 Germany 1924 Frankfurt and Wiesbaden conducted by Otto Klemperer US Ballet version New York City Opera New York State Theater Lincoln Center 1978 Directed by Frank Corsaro and Gardner Compton who also choreographed conducted by Imre Pallo Scenic and costume design by Victor Capecce lighting design by Ken Billington Barry Bostwick played the title role and the Princess was portrayed by Mercedes Ellington John Lankston and the New York City Opera Dancers completed the cast Presented on a triple bill with La voix humaine and The Impresario 12 Balletmaster Peter Martins created the Suite from L Histoire du Soldat for New York City Ballet The premiere was at the New York State Theater Lincoln Center on 30 January 1981 with the original cast consisting of Darci Kistler Kyra Nichols Ib Andersen Heather Watts Jean Pierre Frohlich Victor Castelli Bart Cook and Daniel Duell 13 The Martins ballet was given again May 1987 14 and revived in May 1999 when it was reviewed by Jack Anderson 15 Canada Narrated version Montreal Festivals 1949 Staged version Stratford Shakespearean Festival 1955 directed by Douglas Campbell Costume design by Clarence Wilson Lillian Jarvis as the Princess Marcel Marceau as the Devil Douglas Rain as the Soldier narrated by William Needles Recordings editAnthony Nicholls Narrator Terence Longdon Soldier Robert Helpmann Devil Arthur Leavins violin Jack Brymer clarinet Gwydion Brooke bassoon Richard Walton cornet Sidney Langston trombone Edmond Chesterman double bass Stephen Whittaker percussion conducted by John Pritchard based on Glyndebourne Opera production 1954 at Edinburgh Festival LP HMV ALP 1377 L Histoire du soldat Suite Igor Stravinsky conducts the Columbia Chamber Ensemble 1961 issued as part of Igor Stravinsky The Recorded Legacy Sony 1991 L Histoire du soldat Suite Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts a chamber ensemble no name provided Angel Melodiya 1964 L Histoire du soldat Suite Tashi version for violin clarinet and piano RCA Red Seal 1977 Jean Cocteau Narrator Jean Marie Fertey fr Soldier Peter Ustinov Devil Anne Tonietti fr Princess studio ensemble conducted by Igor Markevitch Philips Records 1962 production recorded at Vevey Switzerland Brian Phelan Soldier Robert Helpmann Devil Svetlana Beriosova Princess Melos Ensemble film version 1964 Michael Birkett director Dennis Miller and Leonard Cassini producers Richard Marden editor BHE production 16 Madeleine Milhaud Narrator Jean Pierre Aumont Soldier Martial Singher Devil instrumental ensemble conducted by Leopold Stokowski 1967 Vanguard Records double album sequential recordings in French and English Gerard Carrat Narrator Francois Berthet Soldier Francois Simon Devil conducted by Charles Dutoit 1970 Erato ECD 88198 this and the Cocteau Ustinov Philips version listed above are generally considered the best recordings the Philips being more theatrical including a speaking part for the princess but less realistic in terms of the diction of the characters citation needed Glenda Jackson Narrator Rudolf Nureyev Soldier Micheal Mac Liammoir Devil instrumental ensemble conducted by Gennady Zalkowitsch Argo John Gielgud Narrator Tom Courtenay Soldier Ron Moody Devil Boston Symphony Chamber Players 1975 Deutsche Grammophon Ian McKellen Narrator Sting Soldier Vanessa Redgrave Devil London Sinfonietta conducted by Kent Nagano 1990 London Pangea MCA ASIN B000009HYG Frank Zappa recorded the march from The Soldier s Tale on his live album Make a Jazz Noise Here 1991 The same melody was also used at the ending of Soft Sell Conclusion on the second Mothers Of Invention album Absolutely Free 1967 On 6 September 1972 Zappa narrated in a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Lukas Foss at the Hollywood Bowl Ernest Fleischmann as devil and Tim Buckley as soldier 17 Sally Goodwin Narrator Ron Bohmer Soldier Reed Armstrong Devil Solisti New York conducted by Ransom Wilson 1993 Chesky Records also available as a download from HDtracks Aage Haugland Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi CHAN9189 1993 Carole Bouquet Narrator Guillaume Depardieu Soldier Gerard Depardieu Devil Shlomo Mintz violin and conductor Pascal Moragues clarinet Sergio Azzolini bassoon Marc Bauer cornet Daniel Breszynski trombone Vincent Pasquier double bass Michel Cerutti percussion CD B000003I1K 1997 Auvidis Valois France Jeremy Irons The Columbia Chamber Ensemble Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft New York Sony BMG 2007 82876 76586 2 In 2018 Roger Waters recorded a version in which he narrates his adaptation of the story and portrays all characters 18 recorded with members of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival released on Sony Classical Masterworks 19 Adaptations editIn 1983 Bil Baird created his final puppeteering work based on L Histoire before his death in 1987 20 In 1984 animator R O Blechman created an animated version for PBS s Great Performances featuring Max von Sydow as the voice of devil 21 This production was released on VHS the next year and on DVD in 2004 22 In 1993 United States novelist Kurt Vonnegut reworked the libretto into a tale about World War II Private Eddie Slovik the first soldier in the United States military to be executed for desertion since the Civil War In 2002 Joan Sanmarti recorded a jazz arrangement version scored for a septet of electric guitar tenor saxophone clarinet bass clarinet trumpet flugelhorn cello accordion double bass and drums including solo improvisations by most of the interpreters 23 In January 2006 Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Abdulkareem Kasid created a version set in Iraq and staged by Andrew Steggall at The Old Vic 24 In 2008 Inuit writer Zebedee Nungak translated the libretto into Inuktitut for performance by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra s tour of Nunavik the Inuit homeland in Quebec conducted by Kent Nagano 25 2022 playwright Carol Wolf was commissioned by Peninsula Symphony Los Altos CA to write an updated libretto for A Soldier s Tale The new libretto tells the story of a US Soldier who meets Death on the road in Iraq It was performed on November 13 2022 with choreography by Arielle Cole and danced by Cole s company ArcTangent References editNotes Histoire du soldat K029 Stravinsky Igor IMSLP 2018 12 20 Retrieved 2024 01 25 Taruskin 1996 p 1295 Ragtime Ensemble presents The Soldier s Tale Archived from the original on 2015 05 12 Retrieved 2008 12 06 Concert artists guild PDF Archived from the original PDF on 17 December 2008 Retrieved 27 March 2023 Stephen Walsh The composer the antiquarian and the go between Stravinsky and the Rosenthals The Musical Times northern Spring 2007 from findarticles com retrieved 14 July 2009 Gareth James Thomas The Impact of Russian Music in England 1893 1929 Dr Richard E Rodda Three Pieces for Clarinet Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program notes 2007 Archived 2009 06 21 at the Wayback Machine on chambermusicsociety org retrieved 14 July 2009 Robert Bridge L Histoire Du Soldat The Soldier s Tale A Brief Historical Overview 17 May 1994 Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine on sunyocc edu retrieved 14 July 2009 Susan Halpern Recital Notes for January 29 2008 from A Musical Feast Archived December 10 2008 at the Wayback Machine on amusicalfeast com retrieved 14 July 2009 Stravinsky amp Ramuz 1987 Trottier Danick 12 March 2020 1918 Histoire du soldat la France dans le retroviseur de Stravinski Nouvelle histoire de la musique en France 1870 1950 Schonberg Harold C April 24 1977 Opera Trilogy by City Company The New York Times Historic Soldat New Work by Martins by Anna Kisselgoff The New York Times 31 January 1981 Retrieved 18 October 2009 Jennifer Dunning The City Ballet in Histoire du Soldat The New York Times 17 May 1987 Retrieved 18 October 2009 Dance Bouncy Stravinsky Music For a Playful Conversation The New York Times 17 May 1999 Retrieved 18 October 2009 Soldier s tale The directed by Michael Birkett Tim Buckley A Chronology 1971 1973 by Robert Niemi Music News Digest September 12 2018 FYI Music News 12 September 2018 Retrieved September 12 2018 Rock Legend Roger Waters Has Adapted the Narration and Recorded Stravinsky s The Soldier s Tale He Narrates the Whole of this Harrowing Modern Fairy Tale Himself 26 October 2018 Retrieved 17 May 2021 Bil Baird and his marionettes are busy with Stravinsky now by Mark Steinbrink The New York Times 26 June 1983 The Soldier s Tale 1984 at IMDb nbsp The Soldier Tale Archived 2005 03 06 at the Wayback Machine review at DVD Verdict review Joan Sanmarti Improvisacions amb la historia d un soldat d Igor Stravinsky Archived 2011 07 13 at the Wayback Machine listen The Soldier s Tale Archived 2008 03 28 at the Wayback Machine The British Theatre Guide review by Philip Fischer of The Old Vic production 2006 The OSM Nunavik Tour 30 May 2008 Archived from the original on 2008 05 30 Retrieved 27 March 2023 Sources Stravinsky Igor Ramuz Charles Ferdinand 1987 Carewe John Blades James eds Histoire du Soldat English version by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black German version by Hans Reinhart London Chester Music ISBN 0 7119 3841 5 Taruskin Richard 1996 Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions A Biography of the Works Through Mavra Berkeley California University of California Press Further reading editBailey Kathryn Melodic Structures in the Overture and Scene Music of Histoire du soldat Canadian Association of University Schools of Music Journal Association Canadienne des Ecoles Universitaires de Musique Journal 4 nos 1 2 Fall 1974 1 7 Craft Robert Histoire du soldat the Musical Revisions the Sketches the Evolution of the Libretto The Musical Quarterly 66 no 3 July 1980 321 38 Loeffler Peter Die Geschichte vom Soldaten Strawinsky Ramuz Auberjonois Ansermet Das Profil der Urauffuhrung in Lausanne im September 1918 rendered in German by Hans Reinhardt Basel Springer 1994 ISBN 978 3 7643 2958 7 Marti Christoph Zur Kompositionstechnik von Igor Strawinsky Das Petit concert aus der Histoire du soldat Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft 38 no 2 1981 93 109 Ramuz Charles Ferdinand Histoire du soldat illustree de lithographies originales par Hans Erni Lausanne Andre et Pierre Gonin 326 copies signed by author and artist 73 black and white lithographs within the text and 2 on the wrappers 100 pages 2 leaves A livre d artiste printed on Arches paper and housed in a vellum and board folder and matching slipcase Vaccaro Jean Michel La musique dans l Histoire du soldat Voies de la creation theatrale 6 1978 55 76 Zur Menachem Tonal Ambiguities as a Constructive Force in the Language of Stravinsky The Musical Quarterly 68 No 4 October 1982 516 526 External links edit K029 Soldier s Tale Annotated Kirchmeyer Catalog of works and work editions of Igor Stravinsky Histoire du soldat Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Historia do Soldado puppetry adaptation in Galician Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L 27Histoire du soldat amp oldid 1215505027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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