The Modern Composers at a Glance
Reading edition
An Impertinent Catalogue
Igor Stravinsky: Paul Revere rides in Russia.
Cyril Scott: A young man playing Debussy in a Maidenhead villa.
Balilla Pratella: Pretty noises in funny places.
Engelbert Humperdinck: His master's voice.
Leo Ornstein: A small boy upsetting a push-cart.
Giacomo Puccini: Pinocchio in a passion.
Erik Satie: A mandarin with a toy pistol firing into a wedding cake.
Paul Dukas: A giant eating bonbons.
Riccardo Zandonai: Brocade dipped in garlic.
Erich Korngold: The white hope.
Arnold Schoenberg: Six times six is thirty-six—and six is ninety-two!
Maurice Ravel: Tomorrow ... and tomorrow ... and tomorrow....
Claude Debussy: Chantecler crows pianissimo in whole tones.
Richard Strauss: An ostrich not hiding his head.
Sir Edward Elgar: The footman leaves his accordion in the bishop's carriage.
Italo Montemezzi: Three Kings—but no aces.
Percy Aldridge Grainger: An effete Australian chewing tobacco.
August 8, 1917.