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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.. Born to a famous bass in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stravinsky grew up ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer whose work had a revolutionary impact on musical thought and sensibility just before and after World War I, and whose compositions remained a touchstone of modernism for much of his long working life. His most notable composition was the ballet The Rite of Spring.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1882-1971) Synopsis. Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882, in Oranienbaum, Russia. He rose to fame in the early 1900s for his compositions for the Ballets Russes, including the controversial ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer best known for his works for the stage, such as the ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and the groundbreaking The Rite of Spring.The modernist composer lived in Switzerland, France, and then the United States. Stravinsky's experiments with rhythms and dissonance have led to him being described as the 20th century's most important composer.
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer and conductor, whose works had a revolutionary impact on the musical thought of the early twentieth century Europe. Born in the late nineteenth century to a musician father in Russia, he was sent to the University of Petersburg to study law; but he never became a lawyer.
Igor Stravinsky, (born June 17, 1882, Oranienbaum, Russia—died April 6, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Russian-born U.S. composer.Son of an operatic bass, he decided to be a composer at age 20 and studied privately with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1902–08). His Fireworks (1908) was heard by the impresario Sergey Diaghilev, who commissioned Stravinsky to write the Firebird ballet (1910); its ...
Sep 29, 2022 · With a life and career spanning two world wars, revolution and the Cold War, Igor Stravinsky was one of the 20th century’s most revolutionary composers.He shot to fame in 1909, presenting the audiences of operas, ballet and theatre with a new concept of music characterised by constantly changing rhythms, original imbalances and brilliant orchestration.
Jun 13, 2024 · Igor Stravinsky - Composer, Ballet, Opera: Like that of so many masters, Stravinsky’s fame rests on only a few works and one or two of his more important achievements. In The Rite of Spring he presented a new concept of music involving constantly changing rhythms and metric imbalances, a brilliantly original orchestration, and drastically dissonant harmonies that have resonated throughout ...
Jun 8, 1998 · In 1947 Stravinsky befriended Robert Craft, a 23-year-old conductor who was to become his chronicler, interpreter and, oddly, his mentor in some ways.
May 26, 2013 · Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ComSE (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered on...
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Stravinsky: Composer & Performer, Vol. 3
2003
Stravinsky: Ballets, Vol. 2
1991
Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu, 1946; Le Sacre du Printemps, 1940
2022
Igor Stravinsky in USSR: Apollon Musagète, Orpheus, Ode, Fireworks, Song of the Volga Boatman
2016
Stravinsky: Apollo; Jeu de cartes
1989
Stravinsky Father and Son
1999
