Book stravinsky in pictures and documents pdf
This initial selection from the extraordinary lifetime of letters to and from Igor Stravinsky annotated by his friend and associate Robert Craft includes correspondence with W H Auden Jean Cocteau Lincoln Kirstein and other friends as well as Stravinsky s letters to Nadia Boulanger Ernest Ansermet and Craft himself The book presents a wealth of previously unpublished information about Stravinsky s relationships with other musicians and about his methods of composition The opening section based on letters to Stravinsky from his first wife Catherine is among the most important material yet made available for an understanding of the composer s personal and family life.
Stravinsky in pictures and documentszone If the exchanges with Auden The Rake s Progress and Cocteau Oedipus Rex take first place for general interest the letters to Ansermet who conducted performances of Stravinsky s music than anyone but the composer himself give a remarkable view of the musical and ballet worlds especially of the Diaghilev period and of the great impresario himself This book accompanied by two further volumes is a major contribution to the Stravinsky canon and to the cultural history of the twentieth century Stravinsky in Pictures and Documents.