Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky in the early 1920s Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky; }} ( – 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 musical family in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons. While studying law at the University of Saint Petersburg, he met Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and studied music under him until the latter's death in 1908. Stravinsky met the impresario Sergei Diaghilev soon after, who commissioned the composer to write three ballets for the Ballets Russes's Paris seasons: ''The Firebird'' (1910), ''Petrushka'' (1911), and ''The Rite of Spring'' (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot at the premiere due to its avant-garde nature and later changed the way composers understood rhythmic structure.

Stravinsky's compositional career is often divided into three main periods: his Russian period (1913–1920), his neoclassical period (1920–1951), and his serial period (1954–1968). During his Russian period, Stravinsky was heavily influenced by Russian styles and folklore. Works such as ''Renard'' (1916) and (1923) drew upon Russian folk poetry, while compositions like (1918) integrated these folk elements with popular musical forms, including the tango, waltz, ragtime, and chorale. His neoclassical period exhibited themes and techniques from the classical period, like the use of the sonata form in his Octet (1923) and use of Greek mythological themes in works including (1927), ''Oedipus rex'' (1927), and ''Persephone'' (1935). In his serial period, Stravinsky turned towards compositional techniques from the Second Viennese School like Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. ''In Memoriam Dylan Thomas'' (1954) was the first of his compositions to be fully based on the technique, and (1956) was his first to be based on a tone row. Stravinsky's last major work was the ''Requiem Canticles'' (1966), which was performed at his funeral.

While many supporters were confused by Stravinsky's constant stylistic changes, later writers recognized his versatile language as important in the development of modernist music. Stravinsky's revolutionary ideas influenced composers as diverse as Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Béla Bartók, and Pierre Boulez, who were all challenged to innovate music in areas beyond tonality, especially rhythm and musical form. In 1998, ''Time'' magazine listed Stravinsky as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. Stravinsky died of pulmonary edema on 6 April 1971 in New York City, having left six memoirs written with his friend and assistant Robert Craft, as well as an earlier autobiography and a series of lectures. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Suite de L'histoire du soldat : pour clarinette, violon et piano by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    London : J. & W. Chester, 1920
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Chamber works by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Netherlands : Linn, 2024
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    Format: CD Audio


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    Canticum sacrum : ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis : for tenor and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1956
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Apollon musagète : a ballet in two tableaux ; for solo piano by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Miami Lakes, Fla. : Masters Music, 1988
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky. by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    [New York, N.Y.] : CBS Masterworks, 1988
    Other Authors: “…Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971…”
    Format: Audio


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    3 easy pieces : for piano duet by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York : International Music Co., 1970
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Le sacre du printemps = Rite of spring ; Pulcinella suite by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Cleveland, Ohio : Telarc, 1992
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    Format: Audio


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    The rite of spring by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000
    Dover ed.
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    The firebird by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York, NY : EMI Classics Red Line : Manufactured and distributed by Angel Records, 1997
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    Format: Audio


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    Sonata : in F# minor (1903-4) for piano by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    London : New York : Faber Music ; G. Schirmer, 1974
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    The soldier's tale by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : Nimbus Records, 1986
    Format: Audio


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    Four etudes, op. 7 : piano solo by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    [Miami] : Belwin Mills, 1980
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Three Greek ballets by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    [Place of publication not identified] : Naxos, 2005
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    Format: Audio


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    Igor and Vera Stravinsky : a photograph album, 1921 to 1971 by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York : Thames and Hudson, 1982
    Format: Book


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    Sonata for two pianos by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne, 1945
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Danses concertantes : for chamber orchestra. by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York : Associates Music Publishers, 1942
    Studien-partitur Edition Schott 4275.
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    An autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York : Norton, 1998
    Format: Book


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    Pétrouchka : burlesque in four scenes by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1997
    Rev. 1947 version.
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Stravinsky : an autobiography. by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    New York : Simon and Schuster, 1936
    Format: Book


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    Expositions and developments by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

    London : Faber and Faber, 1962
    [1st ed.].
    Format: Book