Frank Zappa was a huge Stravinsky fan and it shows in his orchestral music especially.
Compare something like The Yellow Shark* to Histoire du soldat:
*Zappa last and (arguably) best album, about which Tom Waits said the following: "The ensemble is awe-inspiring. It is a rich pageant of texture in colour. It's the clarity of his perfect madness, and mastery. Frank governs with Elmore James on his left and Stravinsky on his right. Frank reigns and rules with the strangest tools."
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