Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site astrovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!tss From: tss@astrovax.UUCP (Thomas S. Statler) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Another Stravinsky Story Message-ID: <233@astrovax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 17:59:52 EST Article-I.D.: astrovax.233 Posted: Wed Mar 7 17:59:52 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 19:08:11 EST Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics Lines: 21 A story told by, if I remember correctly, Virgil Thomson (but I wouldn't count on it): Back in, the forties, when Stravinsky had become a celebrity, he was contacted by Samuel Goldwyn about the prospect of composing a film score. Stravinsky went to see Goldwyn, and after exchanging various pleasantries, they got down to business. S.G.: So, Mr. Stravinsky, how long do you think you would need to produce a score for me? I.S.: Well, Mr. Goldwyn, that would depend on how much music was required. S.G.: For a two-hour film, let's say about ninety minutes. Stravinsky thought back to the days when he was working on the early ballets, and after some cogitation replied, I.S.: Oh, perhaps a year. S.G.: Good-bye, Mr. Stravinsky.