Igor stravinsky musical style
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An Autobiography
The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, was born in 1882 near St. Petersburg. Stravinsky began piano lessons at the age of 9. He had little interest in a career in music, however, until 1902, when he was introduced to Rimsky-Korsakov while studying law at the University of St. Petersburg. For the next three years, he studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1909 the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev heard a performance of one of Stravinsky's symphonic works and commissioned him to compose three ballets for his Ballets Russes in Paris. These three pieces---The Firebird (1910), Petrouchka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913)--- established Stravinsky as the foremost musical innovator in his use of syncopated and irregular rhythms and harsh-sounding harmonies. After World War I, Stravinsky settled in France. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Communist dictatorships that followed kept him away from his native land until 1962. In France, Stravinsky's association with Diaghilev conti
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Igor Stravinsky, an Autobiography
IGOR STRAVINSKY An Autobiography Foreword ONE Development of the Composer 1 TWO Composer and Performer 87 CITY MO. PUBLIC 6870524 Foreword The aim of this volume is to set down a few recollections connected with various periods of my life. It is equally in tended for those interested in my music and in myself. Rather therefore, than a biography it will be a simple account of im portant events side by side with facts of minor consequence bothy however, have a certain significance for me, and I wish to relate them according to the dictates of my memory. Naturally I shall not be able to keep within the bounds of bare statement. As I call my recollections to mind, I shall necessarily be obliged to speak of my opinions, my tastes, my preferences, and my abhorrences. I am but too well aware of how much these feelings vary in the course of time. This is why I shall take great care not to confuse my present reactions with those experienced at other stages in my life. There are still further reasons which induce me to write this book. In numerous inte
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Igor Stravinsky : an autobiography
- Bib ID:
- 397117
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
- Uniform Title:
- Chroniques de ma vie. English
- Description:
- New York : M. & J. Steuer, 1958
- 176 p. : port. ; 22 cm.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1936 ed. published by Simon and Schuster.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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