Word: pianistics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There was a precedent for last week's unusual concert: at Stravinsky's own re quest, three pianist-composers had played the work at its premiere in Paris in 1923.* Last week's performance was one of a series of four planned by Columbia Records to display Stravinsky's music. The old man led his forces - in addition to the pianos, four solo singers, a chorus and an assortment of percussion instruments -with a passion and vigor that left his audience breathless. Standing spiderlike on the podium, he raised clenched fists or clawed the air with...