1882-1971
Performance Dates
October 12/13/14 - Octet
February 8/9/10 - Concerto for Piano and Winds
April 12/13/14 - Concerto in E-flat, "Dumbarton Oaks", The Rite of Spring
was a composer of modern classical music. He wrote works in the neo-classical and serialist styles, but he is best known for two works from his earlier, Russian period: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) and L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird). For some, these ballets practically reinvented the genre. Stravinsky also wrote in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symphonies to piano miniatures.
Stravinsky is shown here conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra through Petrushka.Stravinsky also achieved fame as a pianist and conductor, often at the premieres of his own works. He was also a writer. With the help of his protégé Robert Craft, who helped with the composer's English grammar, Stravinsky composed a theoretic work entitled Poetics of Music. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of 'expressing anything but itself'. Craft also transcribed several interviews with the composer, which were published as Conversations with Stravinsky.
A quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian, Stravinsky was one of the most authoritative composers in 20th century music, both in the West and in his native land. He was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of the century.
Last Updated: 08/31/2006
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Igor Stravinsky 
