{"product_id":"2026200013534-secondhand-stravinsky-in-pictures-and-documents","title":"Stravinsky: In Pictures And Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in the history of Western music cast as long a shadow as Igor Stravinsky, and Stravinsky: In Pictures and Documents presents an intimate, unparalleled portrait of the composer drawn from the most personal of sources. Assembled by his wife, Vera Stravinsky, and his long-time collaborator and confidant Robert Craft, this landmark volume chronicles the full arc of a revolutionary life — from his early years in Imperial Russia and the scandalous 1913 premiere of The Rite of Spring, through his neoclassical reinventions and his final decades as an American citizen — through a rich tapestry of photographs, letters, diaries, and primary documents never before made public.\n\nWhat distinguishes this work from conventional biography is its extraordinary immediacy: the reader does not merely read about Stravinsky, but encounters him directly, through his own hand and the eyes of those who loved him most. Craft's authoritative commentary situates each document within the broader landscape of 20th-century music and modernist culture, illuminating the composer's complex relationships with Diaghilev, Picasso, and Balanchine, among others. Written with scholarly precision yet animated by genuine affection, the book reveals the private man behind the public titan — his wit, his rivalries, his faith, and his ceaseless artistic hunger. For anyone captivated by the story of modernism, this is an essential and deeply moving record of one of history's most restless creative minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210252984539,"sku":"2026200013534-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/31f9a858-865a-4f1c-a90d-b94ff3443d4d.png?v=1788268086","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013534-secondhand-stravinsky-in-pictures-and-documents","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}