Autograph musical quotation from the composer's ballet, The Firebird, signed "I Stravinsky
- SIGNED
1 measure from the opening of the first movement. Notated in black ink on an album leaf, 203 x 123 mm. Dated "Montevideo le 27. v. [19]36."
Inscribed to the Uruguayan political figure Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (1909-1987), prominent member of the Uruguayan National Party, with a reproduction photograph of Stravinsky and his son, Soulima, to head.
Slightly browned; horizontal crease to upper portion just below Stravinsky's signature; manuscript identification and minor remnants of former mount to verso. The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu; Zhar-ptitsa), a fairy tale ballet in two scenes, was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris at the Opéra on 25 June 1910, conducted by Gabriel Pierné. The original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with sets and costumes by Alexandre Benois; this seminal work led to further important Stravinsky-Diaghilev collaborations including Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).
Inscribed to the Uruguayan political figure Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (1909-1987), prominent member of the Uruguayan National Party, with a reproduction photograph of Stravinsky and his son, Soulima, to head.
Slightly browned; horizontal crease to upper portion just below Stravinsky's signature; manuscript identification and minor remnants of former mount to verso. The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu; Zhar-ptitsa), a fairy tale ballet in two scenes, was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris at the Opéra on 25 June 1910, conducted by Gabriel Pierné. The original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with sets and costumes by Alexandre Benois; this seminal work led to further important Stravinsky-Diaghilev collaborations including Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).