Memories and Commentaries
Subtitle: New One-Volume Edition
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: September 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780571211630
Subjects: Music Theory; Music; Music History And Criticism +; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Composers & Musicians - General; Genres & Styles - Classical; Music / Classical; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Instruction & Study - Composition
First sentence: My most persistent memory images return to me without chronology.
Description: Few would dispute that Igor Stravinsky was the greatest composer of the twentieth century. Conductor and writer Robert Craft was his closest colleague and friend. Together they published five acclaimed collections known as the Conversations series, which sprung from informal talks between the two men. In this newly edited and re-structured one-volume version, Craft brings Stravinsky's reflections on his childhood, his family life, professional associates, and personal relationships into sharper focus and places the major compositions in their cultural milieu.