| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 709 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [679]-686) and index. |
| Contents |
Entr'acte: A house divided -- A gentle and a free spirit -- The poet of Montparnasse -- Graves of academe -- An enemy of democracy -- Death deals ... -- ... and wins -- To the magic mountain -- The poetics of survival -- A house in the hills -- To earn is human -- The broad way and the strait gate -- Distant clashes of arms -- Orpheus in a new guise -- The eye of the needle -- The progress begins -- A family happy in its own way -- Death of a prophet -- The time-traveller comes ashore -- Count one, count two, count twelve -- Brief encounter -- Competition of the Gods -- An echo chamber by candlelight -- The eternal footman holds his coat -- Talking the book -- He hath set me in dark places -- The pilot fish at sea -- A strange concoction -- Largo al factotum -- Sinking the ark -- A guest in his own country -- The Sacre Papers -- The sacrifice of Sir Isaiah -- Smiling for the camera -- Final curtain -- A family affair -- A fine and private place -- But none do there embrace -- Stravinsky's works from 1935. |
| Subject |
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
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Composers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0375407529 |
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9780375407529 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 27710579X |
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YDXCP 1747277 |
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NZ1 9496920 |
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