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Igor Stravinsky
The first comprehensive English biography to appear since the composer's death.
Michael Oliver
Editions:
Price: USD$14.95
150 points- Paperback
- English
- 220 x 156 mm, 8 5/8 x 6 1/8 in
- 240 pp
- 80 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714847771
- ISBN-10: 0714847771
- The first comprehensive biography for the general listener to appear in English since the composer's death
- Devotes particular attention to the composer's childhood in pre-revolutionary Russia, which was a formative influence
- Charts his discovery by Diaghilev, his collaborations with choreographers, dancers, painters and designers as well as with writers
- Concentrates on Stravinsky's creativity, describing how his musical mind worked and relating this to his complex and fascinating personality
'one’s only regret about [Michael Oliver’s] two books is that they are not longer.' (Classic CD)
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