Igor Stravinsky

Kennedy Kern 8th Grade 12/19/17 Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. He was born on June 17, 1882 in Lomonosov, Russia. And he died on April 6, 1971 in New York City, New York. Some of his most famous pieces are The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky is most famous for playing the piano. He wrote mostly symphonies concerto grossos. His first moment of fame was when he composed three ballets commissioned by the Impresario Serge Diaghilev. Stravinsky’s father was a bassist in operas when Igor was a child. When he was young, Igor was given piano and music theory lessons. He then studied law when he went to college at St. Petersburg University and when he graduated he became truly aware that his passion was composing music. Three years before he graduated from college, he showed some of his first pieces to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov whose son was a good friend of Stravinsky's. Rimsky-Korsakov was impressed by the young composers compositions. He then offered Igor to take private lessons from him. He tutored Igor mostly in orchestration and reviewed Igor’s new work. He also helped him get Stravinsky's music performed.…

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…

Igor Stravinsky is considered as one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. Despite the fact many other composers have made astounding accomplishments and a breakthrough in the past century, Stravinsky has proved to a trend setter who dominates in a wide array of dimensions. Born Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, near St. Petersburg, in Oranienbaum, Russia on 17th June 1882, he has been associated with ballet music for quite a long period of time. This association has especially been with…

the genre and open up a whole new world of possibilities. Igor Stravinsky was one of those composers who changed music forever and is considered to be one of the “most popular and influential composers of the 20th century” (Igor Stravinsky Biography). Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882 in Russia and spent his childhood in St. Petersburg, in the Kryukov Canal district. His father was a bass singer in the opera and his mother was considered an excellent pianist. Stravinsky had the…

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…

Artists, dancers, and musicians alike are readily familiar with the works of Igor Stravinsky, renowned Russian composer of the 20th century. His compositions span a number of performance methods, and stretch the limits of traditional musical styles as his philosophy of music develops. While he is often most associated with bizarre ballets such as The Rite of Spring, he also experimented greatly with both classical forms and modernist serialism. These three conflicting styles are the basis 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?”…

One of the greatest and most infamous success scandals of the modern art is “The Rite of Spring”. In Paris, on May 29, 1913, a hundred and three years ago, the Ballets Russes debuted “Le Sacre du Printemps” which its traduction to English is “The Rite of Spring”. With the opening notes of the musician and composer Igor Stravinsky, the main dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, with Marie Rambert helping him to assist the choreographies, and Nicholas Roerich the costume designer a…

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…