Igor Stravinksy in Russia - the 1880's
from Memories and Commentaries, pages 34-35:
A suspicion that I might possess musical talent was first kindled in L’zy. The peasant women of L’zy sang an attractive and restful song on their way home in the evening from the fields, a song I have recalled in the early hours of evening at odd times throughout my life. They sang it in octaves- unharmonized, of course – and their high, shrill voices sounded like a billion bees. I was never a precocious child, and I have never enjoyed extraordinary powers of memory, but this song was branded in my ear the first time… more >>
Igor Stravinksy and Robert Craft, Memories and Commentaries (Queen Square, London, 2002), p. 34-35. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450267600871 accessed: 15 October, 2024
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hide composersSong by a peasant women | performed by Peasant women |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1880's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |