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... that Igor Stravinsky suggested that performances of his song "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" should be "a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted"? Source: "Showing the score of "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" to [George Balanchine], [Stravinsky] says that the song 'should be impersonated: a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted for the pig'." (in Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, 1948/1971 by Robert Craft)
ALT2: ... that Igor Stravinsky illustrated the title page of his "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" with waves because his "music [was] probably rocking the boat"? Source: "Stravinsky redrawing Edward Lear's original cover added waves because, as he explained, 'my music is probably rocking the boat'." (in Bravo Stravinsky by Robert Craft, p. 62)