Igor STRAVINSKY

Programme for the Ballets Russes, for the Paris season in May-June 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Hungarian tour of March 1912. It includes the argument of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the programme for Saturday 8 June 1912 with cast list and the argument of Daphnis et Chloé, Sheherazade, The Rite of Spring, The Firebird (L’Oiseu [sic] de feu), followed by a page with the argument and cast list for Carnaval and Narcissus, and two pages in Hungarian announcing the programme of the March 1912 tour at the Royal Hungarian Opera.

 

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Igor STRAVINSKY
Letter of thanks from Igor Stravinsky to the Countess of Béarn concerning a double-Pleyel
24 June 1923 | 12.9 x 16.8 cm| one folded leaf
A hand-written and signed letter of thanks from Igor Stravinsky to a generous patron of his ballet, Les Noces, the Countess of Béarn, who lent him a unique instrument: the famous “Pleyel double piano.” 21 lines in black ink on one leaf, with a central fold inherent with placing the letter in an envelope.
The letter is dated 24 June 1923, around ten days after the premiere of the ballet Les Noces, held on 13 June 1923 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique in Paris.

Chroniques de ma vie [An Autobiography]
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
With 6 drawings hors-texte.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Iconography, handsome copy.