But even though the tunes themselves aren't by Stravinsky, his syncopated rhythms and dazzling, even hilarious combinations of instruments make "Pulcinella" one of his most original, most modern, most 'Stravinskyan' scores. From Wordnik.com. [Composer-Conductor Pierre Boulez At 85] Reference
It was shaped quite beautifully by Elder and made a perfect contrast with Strauss's Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the other end of the programme, with its sly borrowings and knowing neoclassicism, which anticipated the Stravinskyan brand by several years. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Sinfonia/Elder – review] Reference
After that, though, comes Martinu°'s first piano trio, a set of five miniatures couched ina rather vapid Stravinskyan neoclassicism that all theFlorestans 'deftness can't bring tolife, and Petr Eben's much moreintense, but ultimately rather overwrought Piano Trio of 1986. From Wordnik.com. [Smetana; Martinu; Eben; Piano Trios] Reference
Copland reverses the poles - now the melodies are simple and straightforward, but the rhythms are a mass of Stravinskyan irregularities and displacements. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
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