Books by Stephen Walsh
Stravinsky
by Stephen Walsh
Walsh’s biography sheds a rather interesting light on the fact that Stravinsky wasn’t this great powerful omniscient figure, but, wonderful composer that he was, he was subject to all the usual difficulties… It was an eye-opener because it’s a counterweight to the slight myth-making of Craft’s conversation books, which for Stravinsky were really a way of making some money.
Interviews where books by Stephen Walsh 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.”
