Igor Stravinsky

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Phaidon Press, Jan 7, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 240 pages
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is regarded as the inventor of modern music, his phenomenal achievements being comparable to those of his close friend and contemporary Pablo Picasso. This comprehensive biography traces the influences that informed his style and sets all his major works into context; above all the book concentrates on Stravinsky's creativity, describing how his musical mind worked and relating this to his complex and fascinating personality.

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Preface
6
Chapter 1
202
Late Stravinsky 195871
203
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Michael Oliver is an acclaimed writer and broadcaster, having compiled numerous programmes for BBC Radio 3 and written regularly for Gramophone and other magazines for over 20 years. He is also the author of Benjamin Britten in the 20th-Century Composers series.

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