Igor Stravinsky
- Author: Oliver, Michael
A near-ideal introduction to the composer
Igor Stravinsky
- Author: Oliver, Michael
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A near-ideal introduction to the composer
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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is regarded as the inventor of modern music, his phenomenal achievements being comparable to those of his close friend and contemporary Pablo Picasso. This comprehensive biography traces the influences that informed his style and sets all his major works into context; above all the book concentrates on Stravinsky's creativity, describing how his musical mind worked and relating this to his complex and fascinating personality.
Contents
- Russian spring
- a Russian in Paris
- exile
- a cosmopolitan in Paris
- a refugee in America
- a second crisis and a new direction
- late Stravinsky.
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A near-ideal introduction to the composer
