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Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich a Russian-American composer, one of the most influential figures of music in the 20th century. Stravinsky was born June 17, 1882, in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), the son of a leading bass singer at the imperial opera house in Saint Petersburg. Although he was a mediocre student, Stravinsky studied law at the University of St. Petersburg. There he met the son of the Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and his friend's famous father guided Stravinsky's early compositional efforts. In 1908 the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev impressed by Stravinsky's orchestral works Scherzo Fantastique and Fireworks asked the composer to write for his Ballets Russes; thus began an association of many years. His first ballets for Diaghilev, The Firebird and Petrushka won immediate success and were greatly admired for their dramatic impact, rich orchestration, and melodies evoking Russian folk song. At the first performance of The Rite of Spring, however, the unconventional choreography and the harsh dissonance’s and driving, asymmetrical, shifting rhythms of the music prompted a hostile uproar so noisy that the dancers could not hear the orchestra. Later concert performances were well received. And that is just part of Igor Stravinsky's life.
Quote: Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. Igor Stravinsky |
Midi's
Three movements from"Pétrouchka"
Symphony of Psalms 3rd Movement
Firebird Finale
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