Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky.

Free anecdote:  Stravinsky, when asked what he thought of John Cage's 4'33" replied that he thought it was splendid and he encouraged the composer to compose more and longer pieces in that style.

Image: Photoportrait of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Taken by George Grantham Bain's news picture agency between c. 1920 and c. 1925

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