| Uniform title | Igorʹ Stravinskiĭ. English |
| Contents |
Preface / by Theodore Strawinsky -- Author's preface to second Russian edition -- Preliminary portrait -- Petersburg -- Pushkin -- Three stages -- The Russian element -- The theatre -- Neo-classicism -- World classics -- Movement -- Space -- 'Torniamo all'antico' -- Far and near -- Instead of a conclusion. |
| Abstract |
This book examines each of the specific characteristics of Stravinsky's genius, tracing the origins of Stravinsky's music, and tries to make us aware of the persistence of a Russian element in its very texture. In the early works this element was clear enough, but the author traces it right through the unhappily named 'neo-classical' works, and into the works of the last period. The author demonstrates the persistent presence, against all apearances, of a Russian vein throughout the whole of Stravinsky's oeuvre. |
| General note | Translation of: Igorʹ Stravinskiĭ. 2nd revised edition, 1979. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 82001226 |
| ISBN | 0521245907 (cloth) |
