Nicolas Nabokov : a life in freedom and music
Giroud, VincentAuthor
This first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwar cultural force, notably as secretary general of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s, and the contribution to twentieth-century music of this collaborator of Diaghilev, Stravinsky, and Balanchine.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwar cultural force, notably as secretary general of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s, and the contribution to twentieth-century music of this collaborator of Diaghilev, Stravinsky, and Balanchine.
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The Lubcza years -- The Petersburg years -- The road to exile -- In Stuttgart and Berlin -- Paris debuts -- Successes and frustrations -- New exile -- Engagement and Americanization -- In wartime Washington -- In postwar Germany -- Music and the cold war -- Moving center stage -- Masterpieces of the twentieth century -- Culture generalissimo -- The Rasputin years -- Disenchantment and new departure -- Berlin, Don Quixote, and the CIA -- Love's labours won.
Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978.
Composers