Why “Igor Stravinsky” Considered By Some as the Greatest Composer Of The 20th Century?
He is often considered to have a very similar position in relation to 20th century music history as J.S. Bach does to music in the 18th century. (Stravinsky is referred to in some music history books as the 20th century Bach.) Like Bach, Stravinsky ‘borrowed’ from all composers before him and often developed that into works which seem to summarize all that went before while pushing music forward. His early work so dramatically pushed the language of harmony and use of rhythm forward in a completely new direction in a such a way as to influence music and later composers for decades. Both composers were giant summarizers and innovators. p.b.
