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An Autobiography

An Autobiographychronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and "abhorrences." A Parsifalperformance 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."

Subject
biography
Themes
musicart
Setting
Russia
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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