Word: operaoratorio
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grave dispute. Harsh critics say that Stravinsky changed his style because his rich ideas were spent. But modernists have continued to watch him closely, for even in his "classicism" his rules have been his own. He wrote Les Noces for percussion, pianos and chorus. For Oedipus Rex, his "operaoratorio," the Greek story was adapted by Frenchman Jean Cocteau, then translated into Latin. When Stokowski gave it in Philadelphia the soloists were represented by 15-foot puppets (TIME, April...
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