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⇱ Igor Stravinsky (Author of Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons)

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Igor Stravinsky


Born
in Russian Federation
June 17, 1882

Died
April 06, 1971

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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 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 his infamous statement that "music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all." ...more

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👁 Poetics of Music in the For...
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👁 An Autobiography
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👁 The Rite of Spring in Full ...
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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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👁 Symphonies of Wind Instrume...
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👁 Les Noces in Full Score
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“I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”
― Igor Stravinsky

“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.”
― Igor Stravinsky

“In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?”
― Igor Stravinsky

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