Stravinsky IgorABAA
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1940244796Cambridge 1940. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. Fine with original typed mailing envelope typed name "Igor Strawinsky" above printed return address. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Stravinsky at Harvard on the "Firebird" "Stravinsky began his stay in the United States at Harvard University delivering six Charles Eliot Norton lectures on musical poetics during the 1939-1940 academic year" ADNB.<br/><br/>In this brief formal letter Stravinsky acknowledges receipt of an edition of the Russian legend retold and illustrated by Donald E. Cooke. It was Stravinsky's 1910 score of The Firebird for the Ballets Russes that first brought him international notice. The New York Times obituary of Stravinsky published on 6 April 1971 noted "He also was not pleased that 'The Firebird' remained his most popular composition."<br/><br/>Uncommon document from early in Stravinsky's residence in the U.S. when he still spelt his surname with "w" in his signature and return address. unknown books
16350November 11 1967 Hollywood one page 4to on Stravinsky's imprinted stationery: "This letter is a pledge to help discharge Mr.Robert Craft's $10903.44 debt to CBS. As both Mr. Craft and CBS apparently are in precarious financial circumstances I herewith request and authorize the attachment and application of my own royalties." He concludes with a dig at the "richly ungrammatical note" from CBS's law firm. Signed in full. Fine condition. The works of Stravinsky 1882-1971 spanning from the romantic into the modern era revolutionized twentieth-century music. While The Firebird his first commission for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes reflects the rich orchestral coloring of Rimsky-Korsakov his dissonant third ballet The Rite of Spring caused a critical riot in 1913 Paris and still sounds barbarous today. Stravinsky met the young American conductor Robert Craft in 1948; Craft gradually became his Boswell and was instrumental in persuading the composer to adopt the twelve-tone scale. <br/><br/> unknown books
1934144519N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage borderless photograph of composer Igor Stravinsky 1934. With holograph annotations in pencil and photo agency stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Igor Stravinski and his family moved to Paris from the south of France in 1934 the year they became French citizens. He lived in Paris for five years before moving to the United States. During those years he lost his wife and eldest daughter to tuberculosis. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches A few faint scratches to the surface of the verso else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960131748London: Faber and Faber 1960. First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by Stravinsky in the year of publication on the title page: "To Ralph and Mirandi / With love / I. Stravinsky / illegible Nov-60." Also inscribed by Craft on the title page: "Love / Miranda and Ralph / Paris / Nov. 26-60." A companion volume to "Conversations with Igor Stravinsky" published one year earlier. <br/><br/>Craft is an award winning conductor and musicologist who has led most of the major orchestras in the United States. His relationship with Stravinsky is legendary not just in terms of documenting the composer's life but in that Craft conducted the world premieres of many of Stravinsky's later masterpieces. In 2002 he received the International Prix due Disc at the Cannes Music Festival. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine and extremities slightly toned spine ends lightly bumped and faint dampstains to the boards. Brief loss to the jacket extremities light toning and faint dampstains noticeable only on the verso to the top edges and rear flap fold. Faber and Faber unknown books
1989UHANMON00EMDoubleday 1989. Fine. Hanna Jack. Monkeys On the Interstate : and Other Tales From America's Favorite Zookeeper. Stravinsky John. New York: Doubleday 1989. 292 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Doubleday hardcover books
198916118LA: Sloan 1989. First edn. 4to pp. 192. VG copy in dj. Illustrated in color throughout. Sloan unknown books
