Down a Path of Wonder: Memoirs of Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Other Cultural Figures

Robert Craft met Stravinsky by invitation in 1948, after nearly four years of letter correspondence with the composer. It was this close association that steered Craft into a stimulating world of leading composers, writers and artists. At virually the same time that he became a member of the Stravinsky household, Craft, age 24, discovered the 'path of wonder' created by Arnold Schoenberg. In 1950 the young conductor sought instruction from Schoenberg in the performance of his music, and maintained a friendship with him that became increasingly cordial until the week of the composer's death a year later.