Harvey Sachs is an acclaimed scholar of music history. His most recent book, SCHOENBERG: Why He Matters (Norton, 2023) was one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year. His latest book will take on Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971), who, along with Schoenberg, was seen during his lifetime as one of the leading figures in twentieth century European art music. A combination of biography (professional and personal life) with descriptive, non-technical analyses of all of Stravinsky’s major works and several minor ones, this book will provide the author’s own interpretations of the significant events in Stravinsky’s life and of the explosively inventive music that he created, in terms comprehensible to any curious music-lover.