Stravinsky

American  

[struh-vin-skee, struh-vyeen-skyee] / strəˈvɪn ski, strʌˈvjin skji /

noun

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

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Stravinsky British  

/ straˈvinskij /

noun

1. 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

It seemed like a charmed project: an opera by Igor Stravinsky with a libretto by W.H.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Stravinsky said of the poet “he is the dirtiest man I have ever liked.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It has such an impact on all of them to this day it shows that Miles is Da Vinci, Stravinsky, Picasso.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

In the autumn of 1939, Igor Stravinsky stepped onto a stage at Harvard—not to conduct, but to talk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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