Emanuele Ferrari
(Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione “R. Massa”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

 

Abstract: This article describes a comparative examination of the theoretical positions of I. Stravinsky and T. S. Eliot on the relationship between tradition and creativity. This theme is the one point from which a network of ideas regarding artistic ability in its deepest and most essential characteristics unravels. It outlines an articulate system of relations between the thoughts of the two authors, which on the one hand precisely lays out similarities and differences, and on the other hand throws light on crucial aesthetic problems for poetry and music, which draws from the intellectual capabilities of two protagonists of the highest level in art and culture in the twentieth century.

 

Key words: Stravinsky, Eliot, tradition and the individual talent, musical aesthetics