STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. A very good content A.L.S., I.

`..a page of music in memory of Debussy..´STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. A very good content A.L.S., `I. Stravinsky´, one page, Carantec, Finistere, 26th July 1920, to Monsieur Prunieres, Director of the Revue Musicale in Belgium, in French. To a French postcard, Stravinsky responds to his correspondent and to his former request and referring to his work in memory of Debussy, passed away two years earlier, states `… Je n´oublie pas ma promesse, seulement au lieu de faire simplement une page de musique - cette page est devenue tout a fait autre chose - en ce moment ci il n´y a plus lieu de vous envoyer quelques mesures ou une page de musique a la mémoire de Debussy pour votre “Revue Musicale”. Je vous enverrai un fragment d´une piece qui est intitulé ainsi “Symphonies d´instruments a vent” a la mémoire de Claude Achille Debussy´ (“…I do not forget my promise, only instead of just making a page of music - this page has become something else entirely - at this time there is no longer any need to send you a few bars or a page of music in memory of Debussy for your “Revue Musicale”. I will send you a fragment of a piece entitled “Symphonies of Wind Instruments” in memory of Claude Achille Debussy”) Bearing to the verso ºfew postmarks and stamp. Extremely small corner crease, otherwise about VG Claude Debussy (1862-1918) French Composer.Symphonies of Wind Instruments is a concert of one single movement, for woodwind and brass, composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1920, and which was premiered in London in June 1921.