The Rite of Spring likeness is too close to be coincidental". Stravinsky himself gave contradictory accounts of the genesis of "The Rite". In a 1920 article he stressed that the musical ideas had come first, that the pagan setting had been suggested by the music rather than the other way round. However, in his 1936 autobiography he described the origin of the work thus: "One day [in 1910], when I was finishing the last pages of "L'Oiseau de Feu" in St Petersburg, I had a fleeting vision ... I saw in my imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watching
The Key to the Golden Firebird in with its quietly complex story." "This story is told in the third person, more and more unusual in YA novels, but the despair of May and her sisters is clear, even if not related in the confessional first-person narrative", Kiatt said. "Kirkus Reviews" complemented Johnson on her "literate, sophisticated style". "Kirkus Reviews" also mentioned that "her expert character development taps into the real emotions of three fully realized adolescents". The Key to the Golden Firebird The Key to the Golden Firebird is the debut novel by noted young adult author Maureen Johnson. It was first published in 2004, and