October 11, 2002

Rooting for Truffles With Igor

By SCOTT McLEMEE

Stravinsky scholarship blossoms despite a protective heir

When Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring made its debut in Paris in 1913, the crowd went wild, but not in a good way. The musicians themselves found the ballet's score perplexing; in rehearsal, they burst into laughter while playing what many assumed were misprints in the sheet music. The dissonant chords and primitive rhythms had a still more unnerving effect upon the audience. Concertgoers, dressed in formal evening attire,

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