Stravinsky

American  

[struh-vin-skee, struh-vyeen-skyee] / strəˈvɪn ski, strʌˈvyin skyi /

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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Example Sentences

Versions of this Stravinsky classic, with its libretto based on Russian fairytales, have come and gone for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The Mahler was preceded by a mostly Stravinsky program.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

His big break came in 1965 when the composer Stravinsky asked him to sing his opera Oedipus Rex in Athens.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Although the great Dmitry Shostakovich had already been dismissed from the Conservatoire, his former assistant Nikolai Peïko introduced her to the works of Mahler, Stravinsky and Schoenberg.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

In Stravinsky, the appearances of the mythical Firebird itself combined octatonic flavours with frantic, wing-flapping, fluttering rhythms.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall