Memories and commentaries / Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Contributor:

Craft, Robert

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Stravinsky, Igor.

Composers--United States--Interviews.

Composers.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Faber and Faber, 2002.

Summary:

For the first time in one volume--the celebrated Stravinsky and Craft Conversations Few would dispute that Igor Stravinsky was the greatest composer of the twentieth century. Conductor and writer Robert Craft was his closest colleague and friend, and for over twenty-one years he lived with the Stravinskys in their Hollywood home. In the early 1950s he accompanied the composer on his concert tours, and from the mid-1950s to Stravinsky's death in 1971 he co-conducted his concerts. Together Stravinsky and Craft published five acclaimed collections known as the "Conversations series, which sprung from informal talks between the two men. In this newly edited and re-structured one-volume version, Craft brings Stravinsky's reflections on his childhood, his family life, professional associates, and personal relationships into sharper focus and places the major compositions in their cultural milieux. The "Conversations books are the only published writing attributed to Stravinsky that are actually "by him" in terms of fidelity to his thoughts and opinions, making this volume required reading for all fans and students of Stravinsky's music.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0571212425

OCLC:

50270879