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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky [a] [b] (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music .
Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer whose work had a revolutionary impact on musical thought and sensibility just before and after World War I, and whose compositions remained a touchstone of modernism for much of his long working life.
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky wrote pieces for <i>Les Sylphides</i>, <i>Firebird</i> and <i>Petrouchka</i>, performed by the Ballet Russes. Learn more at Biography.com.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer best known for his works for the stage, such as the ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and the groundbreaking The Rite of Spring. The modernist composer lived in Switzerland, France, and then the United States.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer who revolutionised 20th-century music, and provoked riots with The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky composed masterpieces in almost every genre, most notably an incomparable series of ballet scores.
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Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882–1971) Russian composer who revolutionized 20th-century music. Stravinsky studied (1907–08) with Rimsky-Korsakov. His early ballets, The Firebird (1910) and Petrushka (1911), were commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes.