Stravinsky : the second exile : France and America, 1934-1971 / Stephen Walsh
2006, First Edition. London : Jonathan Cape. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #454329
ISBN: 0224060783
Physical description; xvii, 709 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. Subjects; Stravinsky, Igor 1882-1971. Stravinski, Igor Féodorovitch 1882-1971. Composers ; Biography. Composers.
Price: €25.00