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Stravinsky in the Americas explores the "pre-Craft" period of Igor Stravinsky's life, from when he first landed on American shores in 1925 to the end of World War II in 1945. Through a rich archival trove of ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and other documents, eminent musicologist H. Colin Slim examines the twenty-year period that began with Stravinsky as a radical European art-music composer and ended with him as a popular figure in American culture. This collection traces Stravinsky's rise to fame-catapulted in large part by his collaborations with Hollywood and Disney and marked by his extra-marital affairs, his grappling with feelings of anti-Semitism, and his encounters with contemporary musicians as the music industry was emerging and taking shape in midcentury America. Slim's lively narrative records the composer's larger-than-life persona through a close look at his transatlantic tours and domestic excursions, where Stravinsky's personal and professional life collided in often-dramatic ways.

Music --- History and criticism. --- Stravinsky, Igor, --- Travel --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 1925. --- america. --- american culture. --- american shores. --- anti semitism. --- collaborations. --- contemporary musicians. --- correspondence. --- disney. --- ephemera. --- extra marital affairs. --- hollywood. --- igor stravinsky. --- larger than life. --- midcentury america. --- music industry. --- musicologist. --- photographs. --- popular figure. --- pre craft period. --- radical european art music composer. --- rise to fame. --- transatlantic tours. --- world war 2.