tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post868546113498727873..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Stravinsky and CraftBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-77932189220947274542016-02-25T08:30:41.858-06:002016-02-25T08:30:41.858-06:00Yes, there certainly seem to be clues that it was ...Yes, there certainly seem to be clues that it was really Craft's eloquence on display in the books rather than Stravinsky's.<br /><br />Stravinsky and Schoenberg, living in the same neighborhood in Los Angeles and never meeting one another is pretty fascinating. But I can understand it. They were the great rivals of 20th century music. But it would have been very interesting to hear their conversation if they had met! Probably chat about royalties or something!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-5476164341438137072016-02-24T08:26:16.500-06:002016-02-24T08:26:16.500-06:00From what I've read, much of the published Con...From what I've read, much of the published Conversations were to a large degree fabricated by Craft. Craft attached himself to Stravinsky at the beginning (good career move!). Craft did play an important role in postwar American musical life, introducing Stravinsky to the Second Viennese School and acting as a go-between for Stravinsky and Schoenberg -- when Craft met Schoenberg, Schoenberg asked Craft how Mr. Stravinsky was doing, and was impressed that Craft knew Schoenberg's Herzgewaesche. Schoenberg and Stravinsky never met, even though they lived in LA. Apparently there were opportunities at parties they both attended, but Stravinsky was afraid somehow to approach Schoenberg. Mrs. Stravinsky, though, liked to drive, and did drive to the Schoenberg's home (after Schoenberg's death) and met with Mrs. Schoenberg and their daughter Nuria.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.com