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Fireworks and Song of the Nightingale in full score
An early, brilliant orchestral piece written in 1908, Fireworks was one of the works that brought the young Stravinsky to the attention of ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev. The Song of the Nightingale (based on Hans Christian AndersenÂ's "The Emperor and the Nightingale") isa symphonic poem for orchestra, "the last of the richly scored and Â'spectacularÂ' stage works of [StravinskyÂ's] first period."Â--GroveÂ's Dictionary.
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