"Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?"
- Igor Stravinsky
About this Quote
Igor Stravinsky's quote is an amusing jab at the Brazilian author Heitor Villa-Lobos. Stravinsky is suggesting that he has heard a lot of Villa-Lobos' music which he does not especially enjoy it. This could be due to the fact that of Villa-Lobos' unique design of composition, which frequently integrates components of Brazilian folk music and classical music. Stravinsky was a prominent author of the 20th century, and his works are typically considered to be more traditional and conservative than Villa-Lobos'. Stravinsky's quote is an easy going way of expressing his opinion of Villa-Lobos' music, and it is most likely that he was not meaning to be extremely important. Rather, he is just pointing out the reality that he has actually heard a great deal of Villa-Lobos' music and that he does not particularly enjoy it.
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