Biography of igor fyodorovich stravinsky
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Stravinsky, Igor
Biography of igor fyodorovich stravinsky
Russ.-born composer, conductor, pianist, and writer (Fr. cit. 1934, Amer. cit. 1945). Son of Fyodor Stravinsky.
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Went to St Petersburg Univ. 1901 to study law but increasingly spent time in mus. pursuits. Spent much time at Rimsky-Korsakov's house, becoming his pupil in 1903.
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Began 1st sym., 1905, also pf. sonata. When his short orch. pieces Fireworksand Scherzo fantastiquewere played in St Petersburg in 1909, they were heard by Diaghilev, who had by then formed the famous Ballets Russesin Paris. He invited Stravinsky to compose a ballet on the legend of The Firebird, Lyadov having failed to meet his deadline, for 1910 season.
Its success made Stravinsky world-famous, and was followed by Petrushka(1911) and by The Rite of Spring(1913), the f.p.
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of the latter causing a riot. By then, Stravinsky was regarded as the leader of the mus. avant-garde. With the Russ. Revolution of 1917, resulting in conf