Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One: A Biography of the Works Through Mavra Volume 1

by Richard Taruskin

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music.

During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he defines Stravinsky's relationship to the musical and artistic traditions of his native land and gives us a dramatically new picture of one of the major figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520293487
• ISBN13: 9780520293489
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 992 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.9" x 7.2" x 10.1"