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Stravinsky: The Firebird

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Ivan Is the Princesses Begin a Round Dance by Stravinsky

This number appears again in both the 1911 and 1945 suites, but not in the 1919 suite. Stravinsky apparently looked back on music like this with some embarrassment later in his life. While I understand his impulse to not be considered an imitator of Debussy, sometimes I do wish he wrote a little bit more music like this.

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