Stravinsky
[struh-vin-skee; Russian struh-vyeen-skyee]
- I·gor Fë·do·ro·vich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/, 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
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Contemporary Examples
Ragtime was as sophisticated as Stravinsky, Van Vechten asserted, blues singer Clara Smith as sublime an artist as any opera diva.
Composers from Monteverdi to Gluck, to Stravinsky, to Philip Glass, have told it in music.
Historical Examples
Stravinsky is new; is he therefor to be considered worse than Liszt?
The Merry-Go-RoundCarl Van Vechten
Stravinsky almost did this in The Nightingale but the break must be more complete.
The Merry-Go-RoundCarl Van Vechten
By this road we lead on to Stravinsky, Casella, and Malipiero.
Stravinsky is a new man not to be slighted, nor are Kodaly and Bartok.
Ivory Apes and PeacocksJames Huneker
Stravinsky's music is a good deal less bewildering now than it was five years ago.
Stravinsky
- 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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