“This book is the culmination of years of meticulous and enthusiastic research. It provides a marvelously detailed picture of Stravinsky’s developing association with America and his life there. A masterpiece of obsessive investigation.”— Stephen Walsh, Professor of Music, Cardiff University
“Wonderfully researched, Colin Slim’s book uncovers fresh detail about the celebrated modernist composer and the many concert tours he undertook as a conductor and performer of his music. At the forefront of this study is the critical reception of these concerts and the renowned musicians with whom Stravinsky dealt over a twenty-year period. The composer emerges as a more colorful and even eccentric figure than in earlier biographical sketches, including Robert Craft’s account of the later years. The book should prove irresistible to anyone with an interest in twentieth-century music.”—Pieter van den Toorn, Professor Emeritus, Department of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara