Details the life, works, writings and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, whose music epitomises the stylistic crisis of twentieth-century music. His Russian, neo-classical and serial periods along with his writings and wide-ranging creative engagements are presented in over 430 entries by more than fifty international contributors.

New perspectives on the life, works and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, that epitomise the stylistic crisis of twentieth-century music.