Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky - Biography.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky - Biography. Russian-born American composer Birth June 17, 1882 Death April 6, 1971 Place of Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov, Russia) Birth Milestones 1903-1906 Studied privately with Russian composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov 1908 Composed Fireworks to celebrate the marriage of Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter 1908 Began an association with the Russian ballet company Ballets Russes, for which he composed works including The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913) 1918 Composed The Soldier's Tale with French-Swiss author Charles Ferdinand Ramuz while living in Switzerland 1920 Composed Symphonies of Wind Instruments shortly after moving to Paris 1930 Composed Symphony of Psalms 1935 Published Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography 1938 Composed the Concerto in E-flat, also known as Dumbarton Oaks 1947 Orpheus was first performed by the New York City Ballet 1951 Completed the opera The Rake's Progress 1957 Agon was first performed by the New York City Ballet Did You Stravinsky became a naturalized citizen of France in 1934, and of the United States in 1945. Know During the first performance of The Rite of Spring, the audience protested so loudly about the unconventional music and choreography that at times the dancers could not hear the orchestra. Stravinsky's Circus Polka (1942) was intended to be danced by elephants in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Stravinsky's first wife, Katerina Nossenko, was his first cousin. Stravinsky left the Russian Catholic Church when he was 18, and rejoined in 1926, composing several religious pieces in the following years. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.