Stravinsky autobiography pdf editor

IGOR STRAVINSKY An Autobiography Foreword ONE Development of the Composer 1 TWO Composer and Performer 87 CITY MO.

PUBLIC 6870524 Foreword The aim of this volume is to set down a few recollections connected with various periods of my life.

Stravinsky autobiography pdf editor

It is equally in tended for those interested in my music and in myself. Rather therefore, than a biography it will be a simple account of im portant events side by side with facts of minor consequence bothy however, have a certain significance for me, and I wish to relate them according to the dictates of my memory.

Naturally I shall not be able to keep within the bounds of bare statement. As I call my recollections to mind, I shall necessarily be obliged to speak of my opinions, my tastes, my preferences, and my abhorrences. I am but too well aware of how much these feelings vary in the course of time.

This is why I shall take great care not to confuse my present reactions with those experienced at other sta