Stravinsky
8
1966
0 hr 49 min
Documentary
This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure with a long and alert memory for people and events in music, literature and art, Stravinsky is depicted here conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra in a recording of his Symphony of Psalms.
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- Cast：
- Igor Stravinsky , Julian Bream , Donald Brittain
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