Find source of Stravinsky quote: "A real tradition is not a relic of a
past that is irretreivably gone..."

Hello mozartk361:

The Stravinsky quote you are after comes from Chapter 3 of "The
Poetics of Music" (1939). This work is also sometimes known as "The
Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons". It is a compilation of
lectures he gave at Harvard University during the 1939-1940 school
year.

The quote is:

"A real tradition is not the relic of a past irretrievably gone; it is
a living force that animates and informs the present."

I found this quote at: 

http://www.cis.vt.edu/modernworld/d/poetics.html


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