Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ComSE was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. Wikipedia Born: June 17, 1882, Lomonosov, Russia Died: April 6, 1971, JW Marriott Essex House New York, New York, NY Nationality: American, Russian, French Spouse: Vera de Bosset (m. 1940–1971), Yekaterina Gabrielovna Nossenko (m. 1906–1939) Compositions The Rite of Spring The Firebird Petrushka View 45+ more Quotes Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. gor Stravinsky Born: 1882 Died: 1971 Nationality: Russian Publisher: Chester Music One of the most influential figures in musical history, Stravinsky went to law school before embarking on private composition lessons with Rimsky-Korsakov, and beginning his legedary collaboration with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris. Early works such as the The Firebird and The Rite of Spring were dissonant, rhythmic and often contained references to Russian folk song. Then followed from around 1921 a neo-classical phase which lasted thirty years. Stravinsky shocked the musical estblishment by adopting serialism in his later years, a technique which he had hitherto shunned, in works such as Canticum Sacrum and Threni.