Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1. Commonalities and Contrasts: A Meeting of Minds 1
6. 2. At the Crossroads: The Intercession of Diaghilev 30
7. 3. An Early Encounter: Le Chant du Rossignol 55
8. 4. From Delos to Paris: The Voyage of Apollo 73
9. 5. The Evolution of Apollo: Poetry, Musical Architecture, and Choreographic Equilibrium 94
10. 6. A New Beginning: Kirstein, America, and Jeu de Cartes 124
11. 7. The War Years 156
12. 8. Passage to Orpheus 178
13. 9. Agon: Recapturing the Past and Confronting the Future 211
14. 10. The Evolution of Agon’s Musical Structure 228
15. 11. Choreography or Carpentry? Assembling a Visual Complement to the Music of Agon 255
16. 12. Television, The Flood, and Beyond 277
17. 13 After Stravinsky 305
18. 14. Unity and Balance in Stravinsky Violin Concerto 324
19. Epilogue 350
20. Appendix: The Stravinsky-Balanchine Ballets 353
21. A Note on Sources 357
22. Notes 361
23. Credits 419
24. Index 421