Description
Expositions
and Developments
IGOR STRAVINSKY
& ROBERT CRAFT
In his third volume of conversations with Robert Craft, Mr Stravinsky dredges his memory even more deeply than on previous occasions and brings to light,
in the most absorbing detail, reminiscences of his childhood, youth and early manhood in Russia. A most remarkable evocation of St Petersburg, the city that
the composer still loves best, forms part of the earlier, ‘expository’ section of the book. In his ‘developments’, Mr Stravinsky moves outside Russia and unfolds a wealth of information and racy anecdote, most of which has a direct bearing upon his music. The chronological sweep of these conversations is wide indeed. It embraces not only a most vivid account of how the Rite of Spring was composed and first performed but also his first thoughts about The Flood, one of his most recent works.
One can think of no other series of memoirs to compare with these, which offer not only indispensable documentation but a quite exceptional degree of
literary distinction.
With 16 half-tone illustrations, 4 drawings, 6 short music examples and two hitherto unpublished works (a song of 1917, and an anthem of 1962)
Ex-library hardback edition
In good preloved, ex-library condition with library stamps and tape discolorations inside front and back cover and clipped section at the base of the last blank page.
168 pages