Research Paper On Igor Stravinsky

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At the age of nine, Stravinsky started practicing Piano (Siohan, 13). Igor began being introduced to the music scene around the age nine; he was finally allowed to attend his parents music parties (Siohan 13). When his father starred in Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, young Igor visits the set behind stage (Siohan, 14). Igor is in awe of Glinka’s light transparent orchestration which is vivid through the texture of his sound (Siohan 14). Stravinsky went through studying law, not letting it get in the way of his main focus music; he graduated in 1905 then married his cousin Catherine Nossenko (Siohan, 20). Igor, “enjoyed wrestling with mysterious of counterpoint” (Siohoan 15), which explains why he created such a bond with his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. He later established many other compositions with and without Rimsky-korsakov such as The Rite of Spring and Symphony B flat minor (opus I), 1907 (Siohan, 20).

To begin, The Rite of Spring was composed by Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky was born in 1882 near St. Petersburg, Russia. As a Russian-born composer, his music had “a revolutionary impact on musical thought and sensibility just before and after World War I, and his compositions remained a touchstone of modernism for much of his long working life” (Taruskin; White). According to Wikipedia, he is considered one of the most important and

Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father practicing his opera and attending local ballets. He also started taking piano lessons when he was 9 years old and continued on with musical notation and composition instruction. All throughout his early life he studied music. However, although he had been brought

Once being presented with this opportunity to write this paper I found it as a wonderful opportunity to express my opinion on two different musical greats. The one that I decided to choose for the old would have to be Tchaikovsky, and for the new by far my favorite choice would be the beetles. The selection of these two specific artist was almost a no brainer for me, they embody the perfect blend of inspirational music that delivers a specific, yet powerful message, both artist belong to different genres one from a classical genre and one from a more modern form of music.Also, both these artists viewed music regardless of the genre as a form of communicating a message to the masses, in the beetles era war was occurring in the world and in terms of Tchaikovsky he was one of the best ballet composers of his

Debussy, at the age of eighteen, was sponsored by Madame Nadejda von Meck, who was also the patroness of Tchaikovsky. However, Madame von Meck permitted Debussy to Travel with her and her family, unlike her arrangement with Tchaikovsky. Although this encouraged his career, it made him have an expensive taste the rest of his life, forcing him to never be in a financially safe place. Stravinsky achieved fame through his teacher and friend, Rimsky-Korsakov, who arranged for some of Stravinsky's music to be played. Diaghilev, who worked for the Russian Ballet Company, heard the music and commissioned Stravinsky to write an original ballet. Stravinsky found inspiration in old legends, creating the The Firebird. A few years later, Stravinsky wrote one of his most famous works, The Rite of Spring. This ballet caused a riot, partly because of the strange music, including a very high bassoon piece, but Stravinsky put all the blame on the choreographer, Nijinsky. Despite the controversy over his music, or perhaps because of it, Stravinsky rapidly became a known name in the music world. Although the ways in which the two became famous were different, they both greatly influenced classical music of the twentieth

His ninth symphony which was premiered in 1824 was nowhere near as unconventional of The Rite of Spring, however, at the time of Beethoven, writing a symphony that was over an hour long, included a full chorus and vocal soloists, and was expressive and romantic as it was, was in fact unconventional for his time. Beethoven’s music was so rebelliously emotional, the last seven years of his life marked the beginning of the Romantic era. This meant that Beethoven’s music was so influential and unique he started the world’s brand new “norm” of music in 1820, when the Romantic Era started. Stravinsky’s composition took place at the end of the romantic era and went into the 20th century era. It is not coincidental that these composers who were shunned at the time ended up being so revolutionary and influential that a new musical age

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Vyatka, a town in Russia’s Ural mountains, on May 7th, 1840. He started taking piano lessons at age 5, although he had no history of composers in his family, he had a very early start with music. When he was 8 years old, his family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia. Even though he was considered a good musician as a kid, it wasn't considered an acceptable occupation. His parents ended up making him study law. While he was in law school, he studied music in his free time. After deciding that law wasn’t for him, he became one of the Russian Musical Society’s first students, when he was 21 years old. Soon after, he enrolled in St. Petersburg conservatory and gave private lessons to students. He really wanted to learn how to compose music for

Tchaikovsky’s childhood remains shrouded in mystery. He is one of the few musicians where very little is known about his early life. He was raised in Russia and eventually was sent to law school by his parents. After quitting law school Tchaikovsky began studying music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He became one of the first Russians to become highly knowledgeable in music. After graduating, he began teaching at the Moscow Conservatory.

Alfred Stieglitz was an American Photographer who was the pioneer of the Modern Art movement in photography. Stieglitz career began with his work of cityscapes and more than 20 years later evolved into a specific style of portraiture. He worked mostly in New York City between the years of 1905 and 1946. Stieglitz founded the Photo-Secession which was a progressive movement towards advancing the creative and unique possibilities of the fine art of photography. This movement spearheaded what is now known as Pictorial photography. Without Stieglitz’s determination and drive this type of unconventional work may have never been introduced into the Modern Art world of photography.

Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Vyatka region of Votkinsk, Russia on May 7, 1840. He had five siblings (four brothers and a sister) and was the second of six children. Ilya Tchaikovsky, Peter’s father, was of Ukrainian and Polish descent and was a mining business executive in Votkinsk. His mother, Aleksandra Assier, was of French and Russian heritage. Tchaikovsky musical experience began at the age of 5 when he began to take up the piano from his mother, whose playing and singing Tchaikovsky enjoyed very much. When his mother died of cholera in 1854, Tchaikovsky, being an emotionally sensitive child, became deeply traumatized and depressed. It was after his mother’s passing that he was sent to a boarding school in St. Petersburg.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7th, 1840, in Vyatka, Russia. His dad worked as a mine inspector. At the age of five years old, he started to take piano lessons. At an early age, he began showing a great talent in music, but his parents thought he should work in civil service. When he was ten, he started going to school at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in St. Petersburg. His mother died of cholera in 1854 when Tchaikovsky was 14 years old. In his early twenties, Tchaikovsky began to take music lessons at the Russian Musical Society. After this, he joined the St. Petersburg Conservatory. While he attended the conservatory, he gave private lessons to his fellow music students. Around 1863, he traveled to Moscow to become a professor

Peter Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer who was born in Vyatka, Russia on May 7 1840. He began piano at the early age of 5, when he was 10 he attended the Imperial School of Jurisprudence. At the age of 14 his mother died. Five years later he honored his parents death by taking up a burera clerk post with the Ministry of Justice, it was there he found that music intrigued him. When he reached the age of 21 he took attended music lessons at the Russian Musical Society. After a few months he enrolled in the St. Petersburg Conservatory where he was the first composition student and gave private lessons. A few years later in 1863 he moved to Moscow and became a professor of harmony at the Moscow Conservatory. Starting in 1865 Peter began his

The music of Stravinsky has always been “ahead of time” in the way of using new and different ways of presenting music. His early ballets such as Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring being a great example of his modernism and will to compose music which is both innovative and shocking. For this essay I have chosen to write about The Firebird (1910) and The Rite of Spring (1913). Firebird was Stravinsky’s first Ballet and his first composition that reached many people because of its modernism and exoticism. The Rite of Spring is still renowned for its portrayal of primitivism, a concept that was accentuated by the riot that happened at its premiere.

Peter Tchaikovsky was a famous Composer from the 19th Century. He is known as the most famous Russian composer in history (“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Biography”). Some historians think that he was Russia’s first truly professional composer ("Tchaikovsky Music's – Famous”). His music was performed during the late 1800s. He created many musical works throughout this time as a composer and many of these works are still listened to today.