Igor Stravinsky Research Paper

Do you like classical music? If you like classical music, and you are its fans, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, or Schubert, all of these name may not strange to you. So, they are one of many the most famous composers of the world’s music history. They are very famous and become legendary because they are composing many valuable and incredible works that contributes a lot in the evolution of world’s music. Like these famous composers above, Igor Stravinsky as known as one of the most important and widely influence composer in twentieth century. He is a genius composer, a professional pianist, and a greater conductor who contributed more than one hundred fantastic works for the world’s music. In many ways, Stravinsky is a legendary of the world’s …show more content…
Because he was the third child of Fyodor Stravinsky, a famous singer in Saint Petersburg, Stravinsky was lived and attached to music when he was a kid. Stravinsky began his first Piano lessons when he was nine years old; however, his Piano’s teacher told to his parents that he didn’t have big talent about it. About Stravinsky, he didn’t want to learn traditional Piano style, so he is just interested in improvisation and began dabbling in composition (Decker, 220). During 1901, Stravinsky enrolled in the University of St. Petersburg; at this time, he heard a lot with music, such as Tchaikovsky, Glinka, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Therefore, these music styles influenced a lot to Stravinsky’s style later on.
Igor Stravinsky’s career, as a composer, began after he met and worked with Rimsky-Korsakov in 1902 until Rimsky-Korsakov died at 1908. In 1902, after Stravinsky’s father passed away, Stravinsky lived with Rimsky-Korsakov and his family members. At this time, Rimsky-Korsakov was not only became Stravinsky‘s musical tutor, but he also was Stravinsky’s substitute father when Stravinsky studied in law school. According to the book Expositions and Developments, author Igor Stravinsky