An Autobiography in Bloomington, MN

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