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Igor Stravinsky - Couverture rigide

Walsh, Stephen

 
9780224060219: Igor Stravinsky
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 022406021X ISBN 13 : 9780224060219
Editeur : Jonathan Cape, 2000

Synopsis

Aimed at the interested layperson, this biography reveals to what extent Igor Stravinsky was a major figure of the 20th century, not just in music, but in cultural and intellectual life in general. This volume covers the period from his birth in 1882 until 1934, the year he settled in France.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In addition to being a great composer, Igor Stravinsky was one of the most fascinating personalities of his time. His life spanned an amazing range of events and places - pre-revolutionary Russia, Europe in the years between the wars, and the United States between 1941 and his death in 1971.

Such masterworks as The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring and many others fixed his reputation as a leading composer; his friendships - and often enmities - with most of his great intellectual contemporaries were famous. His personal life, which involved a double life between his official family and his mistress, was seldom placid. Touchy, unpredictable, witty and unfailingly brilliant, he is an ideal subject for a deeply informed and sophisticated biography.

The first volume of this definitive biography covers Stravinsky's life and work from his birth in 1882 through to 1934, with special focus on his Russian roots and his struggles to make his way in Switzerland and France. It draws upon a great deal of new material, including unpublished archival sources, to illuminate the genius of both the music and Stravinsky the man.

Revue de presse

"A riveting story... A superb book" (Independent)

"A grand, vividly written, closely researched and sardonically observed life of the composer... A fine biography" (Observer)

"Compelling... Stephen Walsh has, to my mind, got closer to the truth about Stravinsky than anyone else" (Literary Review)

"A meticulously researched and scrupulously detailed biography... Walsh has done a wonderful job... Compelling" (Guardian)

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Éditeur
Jonathan Cape
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
022406021X
ISBN 13 
9780224060219
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
720
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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