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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, also known as Igor Stravinsky, was one of the most influential composer in the music history. He was born in Oranienbaum, Russia on June 17, 1882. He was raised in St. Petersburg as the third son of Fyodor Stravinsky, a bass singer and his mother, known as Anna, a skillful pianist. He grew up listening to his father’s opera practices and started to attend ballets. His interest in music made him start piano lessons at his home at the age of nine, study music theory and

well-known fact that a large number of progressive artworks were not accepted by the publicity at the time of their creation and it could take several decades for the society to do justice to them. However, the ballet the Rite of Spring created by Igor Stravinsky, which is considered to be one of the most crucial works of art in the twentieth century, as it marked the beginning of the modernist era, caused a completely unpredictable reaction of the audience on its premiere in 1913 in the Paris’ Théâtre

I was born in Oranienbaum Russia, June 1882. I was born in the classical period as you call it nowadays. I grew up with a family that loved music. My father, Feodor came from a Polish family. He was incredibly successful at the Imperial Opera House. We had to move for my father’s bass opera career in Petersburg. My mother Anna, however played piano and sang. I started playing piano at 9 years old. In 1906 [I was 24] I married a beautiful woman named Catherine Nossenko and had four adorable children

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on June 15, 1882, in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), Russia. He was the third out of four boys. His mother, Anna Kholodovsky, was a talented and accomplished pianist and singer. In his autobiography, Stravinsky attributes his score-reading abilities to her. His father, Feodor, was of Polish descent and was a famous operatic bass. His family moved to St. Petersburg to accommodate his career. In the summers the Stravinsky’s traveled around the Europe. They visited

Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring is a representation of his Russian roots and everything that he celebrated. His Russian roots influenced him greatly throughout his career, writing compositions that reflected his life and Russia itself. The symbol of Spring to them represents their new year such as a revival of the crops and fams that was crucial to living. Emboding the new beginnings, t Born on June 17, 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia, Igor Stravinsky was raised in St. Petersburg by his

Stravinsky is undoubtedly now one of the most influential pioneers due to his musical innovations in new music at the beginning of the 20th Century. Stravinsky was born in 1882, into the privileged society of pre-revolutionary Russia. In his early years, he was raised strictly under the faith of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is said to have led on to have a large impression on his compositional styles. At the tender age of 9, Stravinsky’s talent in keyboard improvisation had become apparent

In the Third section, The Invasion of the Air: The Romantic Era you learn about how the era of the romantic ballet was one of the greatest that theatrical dance has ever known. The romantic ballet style resulted from a marvelous simultaneity of developments such as ideas, technical progress, mechanical inventions, and the appearance of people who could mold the disparate elements into a single artistic entity. A quick add to the list of artists are Léopold Adice, Augusr Bournonville, and Théophile

• Vaslav Nijinsky • He was born on March 12, 1889 in the city of Kiev in Russian Empire, during his parents tour in Ukraine. • His parents Foma Nijinsky and Eleonora Bereda. They owned touring dance company. His father teach Vaslav how to dance. • In 1895 Nijinsky was only five years old when he performed his debut on stage. It is happened in Nizhni Novgorod, Russian Empire. He participated in several stage performances there with his his parents and smaller sister, Bronislava Njinska. • He was

In 1904 when Georgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the world had no idea of the ballet master mind that was going to be introduced 10 years later. Balanchine started dancing at the Imperial School of Theater and Ballet (Or as it is more well known, the Kirov Academy) in 1914, much to his dismay. As a young boy Balanchine had wished to become a naval officer or a priest, it had not been his wish to dance, he ended up in the school by mere chance. His sister, however

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was baptised December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany and was thereof thought to have been born that day. His father was a singer in the court of Bonn, however he was better known for his love for alcohol. Beethoven described his mother as “kind, loving.. my best friend.” Out of seven children. only three of the boys survived. Beethoven’s father was extremely harsh and rigorous when training Beethoven in music. Beethoven was sleep deprived from hours of practice and punished