Books by Robert Craft
Conversations with Igor Stravinsky
by Robert Craft
These were very controversial at the time. They were conversations between Stravinsky and his, if you like, musical secretary, Robert Craft – an American conductor and musicologist who became his sort of right hand; some would say his evil genius. In the conversation books you get the feeling that when Stravinsky arrived in Hollywood, he was the centre of the world.
Interviews where books by Robert Craft were recommended
The best books on The Lives of Classical Composers, recommended by Giles Swayne
From Bach to Stravinsky, British composer Giles Swayne discusses the most insightful books for getting to know the real lives of classical composers. “You can have people who are really extremely mediocre with huge careers, and people who are wonderfully good but don’t have wonderful careers. Bach was one of those.”
