"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the
end."
Igor Stravinsky
"I never understood the need for a 'live'
audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest
with a dead one."
Igor Stravinsky
"Bach on the wrong notes."
Sergei Prokofiev
on Igor Stravinsky
"I liked the opera very much. Everything
but the music."
Benjamin Britten
on Igor Stravinsky's music
"His music used to be original. Now it's
aboriginal."
Sir Ernest Newman on Igor Stravinsky
"New music? Hell, there's been no new music
since Stravinsky."
Duke Ellington
on Igor Stravinsky's music
|
