In case you hadn’t already heard, Google salutes the birthday of Igor Stravinsky on its homepage today. There’s a clear Firebird depiction there, and I think the garland of flowers is left over from the sacrificial virgin’s dance in The Rite of Spring…best interpretation I can come up with. Happy 127th, Mr. Stravinsky. Your music has given me more great nights in the concert hall than you can know.
Photo: Arnold Newman