Download or read book Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions written by Richard Taruskin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-07-15 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taruskin demonstrates how Stravinsky achieved his modernist technique by combining what was most characteristically Russian in his musical training with stylistic elements abstracted from Russian folklore. The stylistic synthesis thus achieved formed Stravinsky as a composer for life, whatever the aesthetic allegiances he later professed.