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by Klára Móricz, author of In Stravinsky's Orbit: Responses to Modernism in Russian Paris, for Igor Stravinsky's birthdayAs a musician, I always feel a bit embarrassed when I sing “Happy Birthday.” Prompted by the same distaste for kitsch, a composer friend of mine wrote an ironic, slightly

Renowned professor emeritus and musicologist H. Colin Slim met Igor Stravinsky in 1952 and again in 1966, events that inspired a lifelong interest in the composer’s personal and professional life. His collection of Stravinsky ephemera, manuscripts, and documents was donated to the University of Brit