Stravinsky: The Second Exile: France and America, 1934-1971

Packed with rich and fascinating detail, the third volume of the magisterial biography of Igor Stravinsky casts a brilliant new light on the greatest composer of the twentieth century. • “Among the best musical biographies of the last half-century, patiently disentangling fact and myth.” ―Minneapolis Star Tribune

This volume begins in 1934, when Stravinsky is fifty-two and living in France. Already regarded by many as the most important composer of his generation, Stravinsky is nevertheless ...