Stravinsky Flashcards
Where and when was Stravinsky born?
He was born in Oranienbaum, Russia in 1882
What was Stravinsky’s family background?
His father was an opera singer and his mother was a singer and pianist. Even though he was born into a musical family, his parents discouraged a musical career for him and sent him to law school
Why did Stravinsky quit law school?
He met the famous composer Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov who he trained with briefly before quitting law school and studying music full time
How did Stravinsky get famous?
After the director of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, saw Stravinsky’s Fireworks, he commissioned Stravinsky to write the music for two of his upcoming ballets, Firebird and Petrushka. These were an enormous success and really set off his career. Around the same time, he also married Katerina Nossenko
What did Stravinsky do with the wars of the early 20th century?
He sought refuge in Switzerland and went to Paris in 1920. There, he even met Pablo Picasso
What did Stravinsky do in America?
He taught music there at many famous universities such as Harvard and UCLA
Where and when did Stravinsky die?
He died in 1971 in New York city
How were stravinsky’s eras seperated?
In his early years, he wrote many ballets. In his transitional years, he wrote more intimate works. In his middle years, he wrote using Neo-classical style. In his final years, he used things such as the twelve-tone method
What was Stravinsky’s musical style?
He used very different musical styles: Russian nationalism and primitivism, intimate works, neoclassical, and the twelve tone method and sparse textures
What did Stravinsky contribute to music?
He used a lot of primitivism and used new dissonant harmonies and the such
