1 Roman Vlad, Stravinsky,(Oxford University Press, 1967), 199. Vlad states that Schoenberg wrote a twelve-note ballet in 1932 entitled The Dance of the Golden Calf which was never recognized by the public.

2 Eric Walter White, Stravinsky: The Composer and His Works,(University of California Press, 1969), 453.

3 George Balanchine and Francis Mason, 101 Stories of the Great Ballets,(Doubleday Books, 1989), 2. Stravinsky thought of the title "Agon", which is the Greek word for contest or struggle.

4 See table entitled "Serial Portions of Stravinsky's Agon". Note that the last dance, Coda: Pas de Quatre, is a repeat of the first and is not counted in the twelve for that reason.

5 Francis Routh, Stravinsky,(J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1975), 89.

6 George Balanchine and Francis Mason, 101 Stories of the Great Ballets,5.

7 Edward Villella, Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic,(Simon & Schuster, 1992), 42. Villella refers to the main female dancer as "the Chosen ballerina" and states that no other dancers were allowed by Balanchine to detract from her in any way.

8 Harvard Dictionary of Music,Edited by Willi Apel, (Harvard University Press, 1970), 105.

9 Eric Walter White, Stravinsky: The Composer and His Work, 455.