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Life and Work of Stravinsky
Haggin, B. H. | October 24, 1936 issue

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This article focuses on two books on musician Igor Stravinsky — "Stravinsky: An Autobiography" and "Stravinsky." There are facts in Stravinsky's autobiography, but not all the pertinent facts. There are penetrating observations, but also a statement about musician Ludwig van Beethoven, that it is in the quality of his musical material and not in the nature of his ideas that his true greatness lies. This statement is incorrect. In his use of his medium Beethoven certainly is one of the greatest of artists, but the detail of substance and form in the first movement of the Ninth Symphony represents the working out of an "idea."

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BOOKS; STRAVINSKY (Book); STRAVINSKY: An Autobiography (Book); STRAVINSKY, Igor, 1882-1971; BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; MUSICIANS
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