[Argh]

Stravinsky is supposed to have said that Vivaldi composed the same concerto 550 times. Hah! Comment not on the mote in thy neighbour's eye, Igor, but look to the mote in thine own, or whatever. Stravinsky's post-Rite music contains a hell of a lot of passages where he seems to be re-composing The Rite of Spring. As much as I love The Rite, I find this a little tiresome.

[Republicanprofessor]

Stravinsky's post-Rite music contains a hell of a lot of passages where he seems to be re-composing The Rite of Spring.

Interesting point. I'll have to listen again to more later pieces. He definitely plays with broken, changing rhythms and the repetition of small parts of melodies (aka ostinati) in all his works. But they just don't have that raw, emotional impact from the Rite that I love so much.