George Perle (1990). The Listening Composer, p. 83. California: University of California Press. .
• Regarding The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky.
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This intersecting of inherently non-symmetrical diatonic elements with inherently non-diatonic symmetrical elements seems to me the defining principle of the musical language of Le Sacre and the source of the unparalleled tension and conflicted energy of the work.

— George Perle on Igor Stravinsky

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• Regarding The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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George Perle

About George Perle

George Perle (May 6, 1915 – January 23, 2009) was a composer and music theorist.