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  • This character, peculiar to the local stage (who is supposed to have originated in Acerra, as Arlequino did in Bergamo), supported by his inseparable companion Pancrazio, poked fun to his heart's content, and in the raciest of burlesque, at all the latest Neapolitan occurrences and fashions, in a piece entitled Pulcinella alia Strada

    Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859

  • (Soundbite of song, "Pulcinella") On a new DVD, "Inheriting the Future of Music," you can watch Boulez working on Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" with young conductors and players at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • The CD also includes Stravinsky's complete "Pulcinella," not just the abbreviated Suite, which leaves out the charming, sexy songs.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • (Soundbite of song, "Pulcinella") On a new DVD, "Inheriting the Future of Music," you can watch Boulez working on Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" with young conductors and players at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • Stravinsky himself regarded "Pulcinella" as his first neo-classical work, both his discovery of the past, and his transformation of it.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • (Soundbite of song, "Pulcinella") On a new DVD, "Inheriting the Future of Music," you can watch Boulez working on Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" with young conductors and players at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • But even though the tunes themselves aren't by Stravinsky, his syncopated rhythms and dazzling, even hilarious combinations of instruments make "Pulcinella" one of his most original, most modern, most 'Stravinskyan' scores.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • The CD also includes Stravinsky's complete "Pulcinella," not just the abbreviated Suite, which leaves out the charming, sexy songs.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • Stravinsky himself regarded "Pulcinella" as his first neo-classical work, both his discovery of the past, and his transformation of it.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

  • But even though the tunes themselves aren't by Stravinsky, his syncopated rhythms and dazzling, even hilarious combinations of instruments make "Pulcinella" one of his most original, most modern, most 'Stravinskyan' scores.

    Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85 2010

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