In this second volume of Igor Stravinsky's correspondence -
selected and annotated by his friend and associate Robert Craft -
we are given a wealth of material relating to the composer's
association with dance, to his relationship with other composers
and musicians, and to the daily, financial, and familial concerns
of his life.
Of particular value is his correspondence with Serge Diaghilev,
with Vaslav Nijinsky, with Leon Bakst, and with Emile
Jaques-Dalcroze. There is a history in letters of "Firebird,"
Stravinsky's most popular ballet score, and of "Jeu de Cartes," his
first Balanchine commission. Also included are letters to and from
Pierre Monteux - a correspondence that began in 1912 (the year
before the scandalous premiere of "Le Sacre du Printemps," with
Monteux conducting) and lasted for forty-five years. A vivid
picture of musical life in the emigre community in Hollywood during
the 1950s and 1960s emerges from the correspondence with Ernst
Krenek, while Stravinsky's letters to Nicolas Nabokov are an
invaluable record of musical activities during the last thirty
years of his life, including the premiere of his opera "The Rake's
Progress."
Together with the accompanying two volumes, this book affords an
extraordinary insight into the life and work of a complex,
brilliant artist.
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