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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, one of the most influential 20th-century composers in the post-Romantic Russian nationalistic era, famously said, “I know that the 12 notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.” Stravinsky understood and appreciated the challenge of constraints – which may explain why his music went through major shifts in style from the early Russian nationalistic phase, through the neoclassical period, to the ventures exploring serialism.
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Novo, JL. (2013). Recycling Reinvented: Music and Sustainability. In: Madhavan, G., Oakley, B., Green, D., Koon, D., Low, P. (eds) Practicing Sustainability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4349-0_10
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