Pulcinella is a ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on an 18th-century play. It premiered in Paris on 15 May 1920. The dancer Leonid Myasin created both the libretto and choreography, and Pablo Picasso designed the original costumes and sets. It was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev. The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker. ... Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: И́горь Фёдорович Страви́нский Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian-born composer of modern classical music. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (August 9, 1896 Moscow - March 15, 1979 Cologne) was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. ... Young Pablo Picasso. ... Diaghilev in 1909, by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Russian: ; also referred to as Serge) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ...

Stravinsky based most of the composition on existing Baroque scores he found in libraries in Naples and London. He rewrote this older music in a more contemporary way by borrowing specific themes and textures, but interjecting modern rhythms, cadences and harmonies. Pulcinella is scored for a modern chamber orchestra with soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, and is often considered to be the first piece of Stravinsky's neo-classical period. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint. ... An orchestra is a musical ensemble used most often in classical music. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as the modern countertenor). ... In music, a baritone (from Greek βαρυτονος deeply, heavily sounding) is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between bass and tenor. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ...

The Pulcinella suite consists of seven movements: In music, a movement is a large division of a larger composition or musical form. ...

1. Sinfonia
2. Serenata
3. Scherzino (allegro/andantino)
4. Tarantella
5. Gavotta con due variazioni
6. Vivo
7. Minuetto