Zoonology

It is rather useless to speculate what somebody would have become if he had not become what he became; in Stravinsky's case, it is at least no more useless than usuaL His biography is so rich in detail that morc than one answer springs to mind. Such as investment manager (or blackmarketeer), ba...

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Published inThe Apollonian Clockwork p. 50
Main Authors Louis Andriessen, Elmer Schönberger
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam University Press 15.03.2006
Subjects
Acoustics
Aesthetics
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Animal diseases
Animal science
Animal sounds
Animal vocalization
Animals
Applied aesthetics
Art music
Arts
Axiology
Bioacoustics
Biological sciences
Biology
Bird songs
Birds
High culture
Instrumental music
Music
Music composition
Music instrumentation
Music theory
Musical aesthetics
Musical instruments
Musical pitch
Musical register
Nightingales
Orchestral music
Performing arts
Philosophy
Physical sciences
Physics
Symphonies
Veterinary medicine
Vocal music
Western art music
Wind instruments
Zoology
Zoonoses
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Summary:It is rather useless to speculate what somebody would have become if he had not become what he became; in Stravinsky's case, it is at least no more useless than usuaL His biography is so rich in detail that morc than one answer springs to mind. Such as investment manager (or blackmarketeer), bank director (or forger), lexicographer (specializing in etymology), stationer, devil's advocate, or-most likely of all-zoologist. His first autobiographical writings, the very businesslikeChroniques de ma vie, offer evidence to support this last conjecture when the writer remembers how he spent hours in 'the famous Aquarium' of Naples together
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