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Igor Stravinsky


Born
in Russian Federation
June 17, 1882

Died
April 06, 1971

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs


Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential composers of 20th century music.

He was a quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian who was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1946. In addition to the recognition he received for his compositions, he also achieved fame as a pianist and a conductor, often at the premieres of his works.

He also published a number of books throughout his career, almost always with the aid of a collaborator, sometimes uncredited. In his 1936 autobiography, Chronicles of My Life, written with the help of Walter Nouvel, Stravinsky included h ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 2,190 ratings · 147 reviews · 585 distinct works • Similar authors
Poetics of Music in the For...
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4.11 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 1942 — 39 editions
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An Autobiography
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The Rite of Spring in Full ...
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Conversations with Igor Str...
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The Firebird in Full Score ...
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Petrushka in Full Score: Or...
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Expositions and Developments
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“I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”
― Igor Stravinsky
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“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.”
― Igor Stravinsky
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“In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?”
― Igor Stravinsky
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