“Stravinsky said of this work, I had in my mind a distinct…” — Music for Life at 45:25
“Stravinsky said of this work, I had in my mind a distinct picture of a puppet suddenly endowed with life, exasperating the patience of the orchestra with diabolical cascades of arpeggios. He named it Petrushka after a popular Russian puppet, what Stravinsky called the immortal and unhappy hero of every fair in all…”
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