Stravinsky; A Creative Spring; Russia and France, 1882-1934
by Walsh, Stephen (Biography of Igor Stravinsky.)
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf [0-679-41484-3] 1999, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 698pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Llightly edgeworn and a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "Widely regarded the greatest composer of the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky was central to the development of modernism in art. Deeply influential and wonderfully productive, he is remembered for dozens of masterworks, from the Firebird and the Rite of Spring to the Rake's Progress, but no dependable biography of him exists". Biography of Igor Stravinsky. Time Period 1882-1934 & 20th Century. Locale: France; Russia. (Music, Biography, Composers, Intellectual Life, Music History, Musicians).
Synopsis
Stephen Walsh is a critic and musicologist. He is the author of a number of books on composers ranging from Schumann to Bartók. The first volume of this biography, Stravinsky : A Creative Spring: Russia and France 1882 – 1934, was published in 1999. Walsh teaches at Cardiff University.
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Stravinsky; A Creative Spring; Russia and France, 1882-1934
- Author
- Walsh, Stephen (Biography of Igor Stravinsky.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679414843
- ISBN 13
- 9780679414841
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1999-10
- Keywords
- Music, Biography, Composers, Intellectual Life, Music History, Musicians
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- Entertainment;
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