Autograph musical quotation from the composer's ballet Apollon Musagète. Signed "I Stravinsky" and dated 1930

4 measures from the third number, Pas d'Action. Notated in blue/black ink on music paper, with "No. 1-12 lines" printed at lower left corner; "Igor Stravinsky" typed in red below quotation.

Somewhat worn and browned; irregularly trimmed, with upper left corner cropped, not affecting quotation; recto reinforced at upper left corner and left margin with light blue paper; creased and partially split at central fold; margins hand-ruled with double black line; upper margin slightly stained; mounted on printed excerpt with remnants of adhesive to verso. Apollon Musagète, a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux, was commissioned in 1927 by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for a festival of contemporary music to be held in 1928 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Composed between 1927 and 1928, the work was choreographed by the 24-year-old George Balanchine to a libretto by the composer; scenery and costumes were by André Bauchant, with new costumes designed by Coco Chanel in 1929.