Stravinsky's compositional career is often divided into three main periods: his Russian period (1913–1920), his neoclassical period (1920–1951), and his serial period (1954–1968). During his …

Jan 22, 2026 · 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 …

Stravinsky himself was forced to spend five months in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, during which time, he wrote his lectures on the poetics of music. Harvard University had awarded him its famous …

Nov 21, 2019 · Igor Stravinsky is widely regarded as one of the two most influential composers of the modern era since the First World War; the other is Arnold Schoenberg.

Composer Profile Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) by Kristin Rasmussen Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a pioneering Russian composer best remembered for his ballets The Firebird, Petrushka and …

One of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is well represented in the print, manuscript, and digital collections of the Library’s Music Division.

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer who revolutionised 20th-century music, and provoked riots with The Rite of Spring. He was part of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Rouses ballet company.

Igor Stravinsky home page at www.boosey.com. Discover his music, listen to soundclips, read a composer biography. Explore information, news, performances and recordings.

Apr 2, 2014 · Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882, in Oranienbaum, Russia. He rose to fame in the early 1900s for his compositions for the Ballets Russes, including the controversial The Rite of …

Stravinsky is still best known for the revolutionary primitivism of his ballet score The Rite of Spring (1913), which famously sparked a riot at its first performance in Paris.