Igor Stravinsky

Also known as Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, Stravinsky, Igor Strawinski, Igor Strawinsky, Igor Stravinskii, Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky, Jgor Strawinsky, Igor Strawinskij

Russian composer (1882–1971)

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Igor Stravinsky was a composer, conductor, pianist, and librettist born in Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg, in 1882. He studied at Saint Petersburg State University and The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Wassili Kalafati. His notable works include The Rite of Spring, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Symphony in E-flat, and Scherzo fantastique. He also composed Die Geschichte vom Soldaten, Symphony of Psalms, and Liturgical Symphony.

Stravinsky held citizenship in the Russian Empire, France, the United States, and Russia. He resided in Paris, Biarritz, Nice, and New York City, where he died of heart failure in 1971. He is buried at the Cemetery of San Michele. His awards include the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. He spoke Russian, French, and English.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1882
Died: 1971
Works: 384

Top works

Die Geschichte vom Soldaten
Symphony of Psalms; Symphony No 10 ; Liturgical Symphony
Retrospectives and Conclusion
5 Easy Pieces for Piano Duet
Stravinsky, I Renard a Burlesque to Be Sung and Acted TTBB/Orch Pf/vs

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Film & TV

Sound · Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg, Russia]

Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most influential 20th century composers. His ballets The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, originally produced in Paris by Sergei Diaghilev, garnered him international fame. The latter ballet famously caused a riot in the audience, that is wrongly attributed to its unusual artistic approach. It…

Known for

Stravinsky in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2014
For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes — Self - Composer (archive footage)2009
The Memories of Angels — Self (archive footage)2008
Stravinsky: Once at a Border... — Self (archive footage)1982
A Stravinsky Portrait — Self1967
Stravinsky — Himself1966
The Creative Performer1960

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Russia
Active from: 1882
Active to: 1971

balletclassicalcomposerconductormodern classicalmodernism

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 660,918
Total plays: 8,906,866

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications
· 2004 · cited 10,551x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,640x
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells
· 2007 · cited 8,644x
Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials
· 2011 · cited 6,856x
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,185x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1882–1971
Nationality: US, RU, FR, CH, SU
Role / Field: Pianistes, Compositeurs, Composers, Composer, Chefs dorchestre, Composition musique
Language: rus, fre, eng
Gender: Male

Recorded by 42 libraries

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Quotes

“As for myself, I need music for hygienic purposes, for the health of my soul. Without music in its best sense there is chaos. For my part, music is a force which gives reason to things, a force which creates organization, which attunes things. Music probably attended the creation of the universe.”
“I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing “simple” music, blamed for deserting “modernism,” accused of renouncing my “true Russian heritage.” People who had never heard of, or cared about, the originals cried “sacrilege”: “The classics are ours. Leave the classics alone.” To them all my answer was and is the same: You “respect,” but I love.”
“My music is best understood by children and animals.”
“One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.”
“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.”
“The phenomenon of music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the co-ordination between man [sic] and time.”

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Igor Stravinsky, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (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 into a musical family in Saint Petersburg, 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. Soon after, Stravinsky met impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned him 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.

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