Russian spring; a Russian in Paris; exile; a cosmopolitan in Paris; a refugee in America; a second crisis and a new direction; late Stravinsky.
The design for this series received a 1995 Award for Typographical Excellence from the New York Type Directors' Club.
Michael Oliver is an acclaimed writer and broadcaster, having compiled numerous programmes for BBC Radio 3 and written regularly for Gramophone and other magazines for over 20 years. He is also the author of Benjamin Britten in the 20th-Century Composers series.
'A near-ideal introduction to the composer.' (Gramophone)
'one’s only regret about [Michael Oliver’s] two books is that they
are not longer.' (Classic CD)'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century
Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of
information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both
for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...'
(The Scotsman)
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