The "Canon on a Russian Popular Tune" (or "Canon for Concert Introduction or Encore")[1][2] is an orchestral work byIgor Stravinsky composed in 1965. It is the composer's final completed score for orchestra and was composed in the summer of 1965 during work on hisRequiem Canticles. Although originally intended as a valedictory tribute toPierre Monteux, the published score makes no mention of this.[3]
The work is an elaboratecanon based on the "Coronation Scene" theme from his balletThe Firebird, which was composed 55 years earlier, and is scored for an ensemble nearly identical to the 1919 suite extracted from that ballet.[4] Lasting less than a minute and consisting of only 35 bars, the work repeats the canon twice, with aquarter note break in between. Stravinsky submitted the finished score toBoosey & Hawkes on November 8, 1965, and it was premiered by theToronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction ofRobert Craft on December 16.[2]
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