CHAPTER 5. Television and The Flood: Anatomy of an “Inglorious Flop”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. A Note on Sources xix
6. CHAPTER 1. Truths and Illusions: Rethinking What We Know 1
7. CHAPTER 2. Rediscovering the American Apollon Musagète: Stravinsky, Coolidge, and the Forgotten Washington Connection 35
8. CHAPTER 3. Fathers and Sons: Remembering Sviatoslav Soulima 64
9. CHAPTER 4. The Would-Be Hollywood Composer: Stravinsky, the Literati, and “the Dream Factory” 100
10. CHAPTER 5. Television and The Flood: Anatomy of an “Inglorious Flop” 132
11. CHAPTER 6. Film Documentaries: The Composer On and Off Camera 162
12. CHAPTER 7. Letters, Books, Private Thoughts: Reading Between the Lines 196
13. CHAPTER 8. Boswellizing an Icon: Stravinsky, Craft, and the Historian’s Dilemma 233
14. Epilogue 266
15. Notes 271
16. Index 305