Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, (The Soldier’s Story) (1918), describes the story of a young soldier in WWI, who gives his violin to the devil in exchange for a book that predicts the economy of the future. (I.”Marche du Soldat”). The devil must teach the soldier how to interpret the book, so the soldier agrees to go home with the devil for three days. (II. “Le violon du Soldat”). When the soldier returns to his home town everyone thinks he is a ghost. He has actually been gone for three years. He starts to despair, but encounters the devil, who encourages him to put the book’s power to good use. The soldier becomes extremely wealthy, but begins to pine for the happiness of his simpler old life. He meets the devil again, who sells him his old violin, but he can no longer play. Then