At certain times in his life, Igor Stravinsky liked to date his manuscripts by saints’ days or religious festivals, and if he had survived his own death he would surely have recorded the fact that he died on the Tuesday in Holy Week, 6 April 1971. He might even have noted that it was 45 years to the day since he had written to the great impresario Serge Diaghilev “out of extreme mental and spiritual need”, asking his forgiveness for past transgressions, prior to making his first Confession and Communion since he was a child in St Petersburg. And that was also a Tuesday in Holy Week, 6 April 1926.
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Composer at the crossroads
at certain times in his life, igor stravinsky liked to date his manuscripts by saints’ days or religious festivals, and if he had survived h...
Stephen Walsh
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