Stravinsky Reclaimed
Photograph
Stravinsky Reclaimed
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (16 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0584
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 10/62 22) STRAVINSKY RECLAIMED: During the Stalin years, Moscow denounced \ Igor Stravinsky's music as decadent and bourgeois. But today the Russians are \ acclaiming their native son on his first visit to Russia in 48 years. On this \ occasion he tried to attend a Moscow ballet unobserved, but was spotted by the \ audience and spontaneously applauded. The 80 year-old composer also personally \ conducted Moscow and Leningrad performances of the once-forbidden ballets, \ "Orpheus", "Petruchka" and "Fire Bird" to standing ovations. \ Credit: Marc Riboud © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
