Scribd Logo
Încărcați

Bine ați venit la Scribd!

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Încărcat de

    Benjamin Potvin
    89 vizualizări3 pagini
    Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer born in 1882 who is famous for works like The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. He lived in Russia, Paris, Switzerland, and the United States. Some of his major compositions included orchestral works, ballets, operas, and chamber music. He developed new musical styles like neoclassicism and twelve-tone serialism. Stravinsky died in 1971 in New York of tuberculosis.

    Descriere originală:

    Drepturi de autor

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Formate disponibile

    DOC, PDF, TXT sau citiți online pe Scribd

    Vi se pare util acest document?

    Este necorespunzător acest conținut?

    Raportați acest document
    Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer born in 1882 who is famous for works like The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. He lived in Russia, Paris, Switzerland, and the United States. Some of his major compositions included orchestral works, ballets, operas, and chamber music. He developed new musical styles like neoclassicism and twelve-tone serialism. Stravinsky died in 1971 in New York of tuberculosis.

    Drepturi de autor:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Descărcați ca DOC, PDF, TXT sau citiți online pe Scribd
    Indicator pentru conținut neadecvat
    89 vizualizări3 pagini

    Igor Stravinsky

    Încărcat de

    Benjamin Potvin
    Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer born in 1882 who is famous for works like The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. He lived in Russia, Paris, Switzerland, and the United States. Some of his major compositions included orchestral works, ballets, operas, and chamber music. He developed new musical styles like neoclassicism and twelve-tone serialism. Stravinsky died in 1971 in New York of tuberculosis.

    Drepturi de autor:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Descărcați ca DOC, PDF, TXT sau citiți online pe Scribd
    Indicator pentru conținut neadecvat
    din 3

    Igor

    Russian composer,

    (1882– 1971)
    a) Where and when were they born?

    • Stravinsky was born in 1882 in Oranienbaum (renamed Lomonosov in 1948), Russia and
    brought up in Saint Petersburg.

    b) Where did they live/travel to?

    • Stravinsky moved from Russia, to Paris to Switzerland and finally ended up in America (Los
    Angeles) at the start of WWII.

    c) What were some of the major works they composed?

    The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911/1947), and The Rite of Spring (1913), Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919),
    Mavra, one-act opera (1922), Oedipus rex, 2-act opera-oratorio (1927), Symphony of Psalms (1930), Symphony
    in C (1940), Symphony in Three Movements (1945), Ebony Concerto, for clarinet and jazz band (1945), The
    Rake's Progress, 3–act opera (1951), The Owl and the Pussy Cat, for soprano and piano (1966)

    d) What are they famous for?

    • Pandiatonicism

    • Use of polytonality

    • Brutal polyrhythms and dissonances

    • New and interesting orchestration techniques

    • Twelve-tone serialism

    e) What musical style/genre did they compose in?

    • Orchestral symphonic works, ballet, opera, chamber music, piano, vocal/choral

    • After this first Russian phase, Stravinsky turned to neoclassicism in the ‘20s.

    • In the 1950s he adopted serial music, using the new techniques over his last twenty years.

    f) Funny/interesting tidbits of information:

    • Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the century.

    • There was a riot at his first performance of “Rite of Spring”

    • His arrangement of The Star Spangle Banner was banned at first and he was almost imprisoned
    for performing it in Massachusetts, but got off with a warning.

    g) Did they have a family?


    • He married his cousin Katerina Nossenko in January 1906. They had two children, Fyodor (1907) and
    Ludmilla (1908).
    • Although his marriage to Katerina endured for 33 years, Vera de Bosset, was his mistress and later
    became his second wife after Katerina died.
    h) Where and when did they die…and what did they die of?

    • Stravinsky died April 6, 1971 in New York of tuberculosis

    Gilder, Eric. “Stravinsky, Igor.” The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music. New Jersey: Wings Books. 3rd Edition. 1993.

    Walsh, Steven. “Stravinsky, Igor.” Groves Music Online. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
    <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.prxy3.ursus.maine.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/52818?
    q=igor+stravinsky&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit>

    “Igor Stravinsky.” Wikipedia. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky>.

    S-ar putea să vă placă și