| An Autobiography Contributor(s): Stravinsky, Igor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393318567 ISBN-13: 9780393318562 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: While many hundred thousands of pages have been written about Stravinsky, in this book -- the composer's first -- we hear from the man himself An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and "abhorrences". A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? "At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more". Nijinsky? "The poor boy knew nothing of music". Spanish folk music? "Endless preliminary chords of guitar playing". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and abhorrences. A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more. Nijinsky? The poor boy knew nothing of music. Spanish folk music? Endless preliminary chords of guitar playing. |