Stravinsky

[struh-vin-skee, struh-vyeen-skyee]

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Igor Fëdorovich 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.

Stravinsky

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Igor Fyodorovich (ˈiɡərj ˈfjɔdərəvitʃ). 1882–1971, US composer, born in Russia. He created ballet scores, such as The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), for Diaghilev. These were followed by neoclassical works, including Oedipus Rex (1927) and the Symphony of Psalms (1930). The 1950s saw him reconciled to serial techniques, which he employed in such works as the Canticum Sacrum (1955), the ballet Agon (1957), and Requiem Canticles (1966)

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Stravinsky composed his Symphony in Three Movements, written during and reflecting World War II, while he lived in West Hollywood.

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The two most influential classical composers of the first half of the 20th century, Stravinsky and Schoenberg, lived here.

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That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

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“We made this amazing arrangement, which goes through Strauss’ ‘Also sprach Zarathustra,’ Beethoven’s ‘5th,’ John Williams, Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird,’ it’s all there,” he said.

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Waltzes by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Shostakovich were tinged with memory, cutting sarcasm and outrageous spoof.

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