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Conversations with Igor Stravinsky is the first of the celebrated series of conversation books in which Stravinsky, prompted by Robert Craft, reviewed his long and remarkable life. The composer brings the Imperial Russia of his childhood vividly into focus, at the same time scanning what were at the time the…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Conversations with Igor Stravinsky as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Stravinsky inspires me to understand the nature of my own work.
His thoughts, like "Music theory is hindsight," offer me clear-eyed strategies for approaching my own creativity as personal, original thought.
In the interviews, he's a rather plain, droll man. I am reminded that being a flamboyant, flashy artist gives no assurances of originality in one's work.
From Dan's list on interviews and letters with geniuses.
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