An Autobiography

An Autobiography

<p><strong>While many hundred thousands of pages have been written about Stravinsky, in this book―the composer's first―we hear from the man himself.<br /></strong></p><em>An Autobiography</em> chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and "abhorrences." A <em>Parsifal</em> performance 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."