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The Cantata by Igor Stravinsky is a work for soprano, tenor, female choir, and instrumental ensemble (of two flutes, oboe, cor anglais (doubling second oboe), and cello), and was composed from April 1951 to August 1952. The premiere performance on 11 November 1952 was by the Los Angeles (Chamber) Symphony Society (to whom the work is dedicated), conducted by Stravinsky himself. After completing the opera ''The Rake's Progress'', Stravinsky felt the urge to compose another work setting English words, but in a non-dramatic form . The piece consists of the following movements: #A lyke-wake dirge. Versus I. Prelude: ''This ae nighte'' #Ricercar I. ''The maidens came'' #A lyke-wake dirge. Versus II. First interlude: ''If ever thou gav'st hos'n and shoon'' #Ricercar II. Sacred History: ''To-morrow shall be my dancing day'' #A lyke-wake dirge. Versus III. Second interlude: ''From Whinnymuir when thou may'st pass'' #Westron Wind #A lyke-wake dirge. Versus IV. Postlude: ''If ever thou gav'st meat or drink'' The dirge sections concern a soul's approach to and journey through purgatory. ''Ricercar II'' sets the carol ''Tomorrow shall be my dancing day''. ''Westron Wind'' is a sixteenth-century song. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cantata (Stravinsky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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