Stravinsky: An Autobiography.
STRAVINSKY, Igor.
Stravinsky: An Autobiography.
First Edition of Stravinsky: An Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936.
$475.00
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Item Number: 141339
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First edition of the composer’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate, owner name. Jacket design by George Salter. Rare in the original jacket.
An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and "abhorrences." A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? "At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more." Nijinsky? "The poor boy knew nothing of music." Spanish folk music? "Endless preliminary chords of guitar playing."
