From Drusca Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 20:43
ChairCrusher wrote: > Stravinsky was directly influenced by hearing African music in Paris. Actually, he was influenced by Russian folk music, which often uses odd time signatures, when he composed Petrouchka, Firebird and Rite Of Spring. He was later influenced by ragtime in pieces like Soldier's Tale. You might be thinking of Debussy hearing Gamelan in Paris. Andrei