events among the Allied invaders as well as the Germans. We will take the story up to the present day, including the recent 70th anniversary commemoration.

After a break between classes, we will turn to the ballets of Stravinsky with a musical expert. In the early part of the 20th century, Stravinsky elevated ballet music to an unprecedented level in a manner similar to that in which Beethoven had elevated the symphony a century earlier. While Stravinsky’s ballets produced strong reactions (at times violent) among Parisian audiences at their premieres, they have grown to be regarded as masterpieces of both the ballet stage and the concert hall. In this class, you will be introduced to Stravinsky, the music in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, and theballet Firebird which was created in 1910.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: After dinner, our discussion of the ballets of Stravinsky continues. In this class, we will examine segments pf Petrushka and Rite of Spring and delve into Stravinsky's later style in Agnon created in 1957.

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