Igor Sikorsky

was using airplanes for medical evacuation but still the need for a prepared runway would be the limiting factor and soldiers would still need to be transported by ground from their point of injury to the airplane. A man named Igor Sikorsky however was about to introduce something that could overcome the limitations of the airplane. His successful design of the helicopter would draw interest from military leadership and become the spark that would ignite the future explosion of army helicopters. Igor himself highlighted the lifesaving capability of the helicopter as one of its greatest capabilities. The first rescue by helicopter happened on 21 April 1944 when a 1st Air Commando Group L-1 was shot down in Burma. The L-1 was carrying a pilot and three British soldiers. Since the rice paddy that it crashed in was unsuitable for an airplane to land in commanders were forced to use the helicopter. 1st Lieutenant Carter Harmon, a pilot of the Sikorsky R-4 helicopter was tasked with the rescue of the downed personnel. Through a series of modifications to carry more fuel and extend the R-4s range Lt. Harmon was able to not only reach, but successfully rescue the stranded personnel.(call sign Dustoff) The R-4 was by no means a solid rescue platform and did have many limitations. Due to its light construction and small piston…

Petersburg. He then followed his parents wished and became a bureau clerk post with the Ministry of Justice. He worked here for approximately four years until he was 21. He then took music lessons at the Russian Musical Society, shortly after he enrolled at St. Petersburg Conservatory. While he was at school he gave private lessons to other students. 1863, he moved to Moscow, where he became a professor at Moscow Conservatory as a professor of harmony. In 1865, his work became public for the…

Isabelle Easton’s paper on Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia. Igor Stravinsky was a conductor, pianist, and film score composer. He was considered the most influential composer in the 20th century. Igor Stravinsky had no other professions other than music. His father was a Russian singer, so he was introduced to music very early in his life. His music began to fade away for a while when he began to study law and philosophy. He first made a name for…

Have you ever been beaten, bruised, and chained to something in a dark basement? If you answered “yes” to the previous question, then congratulations! If you answered “no”, then you need to get out more. Today, I am here to discuss music for the eighty-three billionth time. So let’s get on with it. Let me introduce our two composers. First, we have Claude Debussy. And next, there is Igor Stravinsky. Now, you might be thinking, “Why did our history lesson start off with a question about chains?”…

Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of the greatest pianists of all time and one of the most outstanding melodists amongst composers, was born at Oneg, near Novgorod, on 20 March 1873 (1 April New Style), into a musical family: his grandfather had been a pupil of John Field and his father, too, played the piano. When Sergei was nine, financial difficulties forced the sale of the family estate and they moved to St Petersburg, where he took piano lessons at the Conservatoire. Rachmaninoff’s cousin, the…

The Music of Patterns In Proust Was a Neuroscientist, Jonah Lehrer describes how artists of the past foretold the neuroscience discoveries of the future. The composer Igor Stravinsky deconstructed classical music, introducing dissonance with his ballet The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky was a modernist before his time; and, like its creator, The Rite did not conform to the audiences’ expectations, rather it pushed the boundaries of music. He realized music had never been a creation of nature, it…

I. Introduction: "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happing" (Coco Chanel). When I think who is a magnificent creator in the world. I think of someone who stands up for what his or her believing it. Someone who reflects her or his dream to her or his society. Someone who has a unique echo until today. Someone who has significant changing in the world. Someone likes Coco Chanel. Coco…

Kristy Wittig 8th Grade Orchestra 2/23/18 February Composer of the Week: Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky was born from June 17, 1882 to April 6, 1971 (88 when died) in Oranienbaum. He was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He was known as one of the most important and influential composers in the 20th century. His father, Fyodor Stravinsky (1843-1902) was a well known bass player and his mother Anna (1854-1939) was a native Kiev. Stravinsky had two wives. The first one was his first…

Raven Ellis 2/23/18 Who was stravinsky? Igor Stravinsky was a talented Russian composer. He was born in Lomonosov, Russia on June 17th, 1882 and died in New York city, New York, on April 6th, 1971. Some of his most known pieces are Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky is most known for playing piano, but he also played other instruments. Stravinsky was raised in a household of musicians and had a very good influence to be one. My third favorite piece My third favorite…

running through music, or if it is to incite disenfranchised youth to join in mosh pits from guitar solos. Cultivated music is world renowned and respected by older generations because it was taught in formal capacities. Vernacular music is also world renowned and respected on every level of the totem pole because it is not so formal in nature and you can come as you are and take what you want from it. I think that musical performances all have theatrics of some sort placed into each show. For…