About Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

1. Russian Composer of the 20th Century

2. 
Born: June 17, 1882 – Lomonosov, near St.
Petersburg, Russia

Died: April 6, 1971 – New York, USA

3.  Originally
“Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky”
 Was a Russian and later, French and American
 Pianist
 Composer
 Conductor
 Named by the Time Magazine as one of the
100 most influential people of the century.
 Brought by his parents in the Russian
Orthodox Church.

4. He wrote:
 Music
for opera
 Vocal and instrumental pieces
 Ballets
 Cantatas
 Neoclassical works
 Oratorios
 Sacred music

5.  Katerina
Nossenko – his cousin and first wife
which he had 4 children.
 Vera
Soudeikine – his second wife
- they became US citizens in
1945 and lived in California.
 1913
– a riot ensued during the premiere of
his “The Rite of Spring” at the Theatre des
Champes Elysees.

6.  He
was very much influenced by his father who
was one of the foremost operatic basses.
 He
learned orchestration through the guidance of
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

7.  He
was also influenced by the works of
Balakirev and Tchaikovsky.

8.  Known
as the Russian Composer of the 20th
Century.
 Introduced the concept of modernism in
music.
 Studied law and philosophy at the University
of St. Petersburg where he met the son of the
Russian Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
 Wrote several scores for the impressario and
founder of the Ballet Russes, Sergei Daghilev.

9.  He
left Russia in 1914, setting first in
Switzerland, and then in France in 1920, and
in the United States in 1939.
 Become
a French citizen in 1934 and a US
citizen in 1945.

10.  Wrote
in a neoclassical style, using scales,
chords and tone color in a generally clear and
traditional way.
 Though
long opposed to Schoenberg’s 12tone system. He eventually came to adopt it
in his own way using rows of fewer than 12
notes in his compositions.

11.  The
Wedding
 Renard
 Symphonies for Wind Instruments
 Octet for Wind Instruments
 Violin Concerto in D Major
 Concerto in E-flat
 Oedipus Rex
 Persephone
 Symphony in C

12.  Symphony
in Three Movements
 Requiem Canticles
 The Firebird (1910)
 Petrouchka (1911, revised 1947) (Petrushka)
 The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
(1913)
 Pulcinella
 The Rake’s Progress

13. The Firebird
Petrouchka
The Rite of Spring

14. PREPARE FOR THE
15- ITEM QUIZ
(NOTEBOOK)

15. 1. Whole name of Stravensky
2. The title given to him
3. Birthdate and
4. birth place
5. Date died
6.
7.
3 nationalities (including citizenships)
8.
9. First wife
10. Year of citizenship in America

16. 11. One type of composition
12. One course he studied
13. School studied (College)
14-15. two of his works

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18. 1. Igor Fyodorovich (or Fedorovich) Stravensky/
Stravinsky
2. Russian Composer of the 20th Century
3. June 17, 1882
4. Lomonosov/ Near St. Petersburg/ Russia/ St.
Petersburg Russia
5. April 6, 1971
6. Russian
7. French
8. American
9. Katerina Nossenko
10. 1945

19. 11. Any of these:
 Music for opera
 Vocal and instrumental pieces
 Ballets
 Cantatas
 Neoclassical works
 Oratorios
 Sacred music
12. philosophy/ Law

20. 13. University of St. Petersburg
14-15. Any of these:
 The Wedding
 Renard
 Symphonies for Wind Instruments
 Octet for Wind Instruments
 Violin Concerto in D Major
 Concerto in E-flat
 Oedipus Rex
 Persephone
 Symphony in C
 Symphony in Three Movements
 Requiem Canticles
 The Firebird (1910)
 Petrouchka (1911, revised 1947) (Petrushka)
 The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (1913)
 Pulcinella
 The Rake’s Progress