How Long to Read Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

How Long Does it Take to Read Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 52 minutes to read Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress by Paul Griffiths

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Rake's Progress is Stravinsky's biggest work and one of the few great operas written since the 1920s, rare too for the unusual quality of its libretto, by Auden and Kallman. Its importance is undisputed, but so too are the problems it raises: problems of both performance and understanding, caused by the irony with which it is so thoroughly permeated. In aspects of style and operatic convention it looks back to the eighteenth century, and in particular to the operas of Mozart and da Ponte, while making references also to other periods, to operas from Monteverdi to Verdi. Yet at the same...

How long is Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress?

Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress by Paul Griffiths is 109 pages long, and a total of 28,231 words.

This makes it 37% the length of the average book. It also has 35% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress aloud.

What Reading Level is Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress?

Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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