{"id":37092,"date":"2023-12-20T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6315e976-586a-49ad-8330-42a84ec79a1d"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T12:41:23","slug":"stravinsky-style-conscious-visionary-20th-century-composing-colossus","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/stravinsky-style-conscious-visionary-20th-century-composing-colossus\/","title":{"rendered":"Stravinsky: style-conscious visionary, 20th-century composing colossus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 11:40 AM<\/p>

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‘Stravinsky demeure.’<\/em> This is how Pierre Boulez<\/a>, one of the leaders of the post-war musical avant garde, titled his rhythmic analysis of The Rite of Spring<\/em> in 1953.<\/strong><\/p>

The title resists easy translation. \u2018Stravinsky abides\u2019 is one solution, but there is also a sense of \u2018Stravinsky is ever with us\u2019. And he is: the case for Stravinsky as his century\u2019s paramount composer seems stronger than ever.<\/p>