For now, a quick post: check out Google's homepage! It's decked out for Igor Stravinsky's birthday:
I'm not sure Stravinsky, who viewed music as an elite institution that could only be appreciated by those with classical training,* would be pleased by the ever-increasing dissemination of music online. But it's nice to one of the greatest composers and orchestrators of all time getting some recognition.*Stravinsky discussed his views on the distribution and appreciation of music in The Poetics of Music, a book compiled from what was originally a series of lectures in French at Harvard in 1939 and1940. Talk about limiting your audience! College ain't what it used to be...
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