Frankfurt, West Germany, May 1955: With a tip of the hat, composer Igor Stravinsky boards a plane for the trip back to the U.S. at the end of his European tour. With him are his wife, Vera, and ...

When most people think of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) they think of harsh rhythms and screeching strings in “The Rite of Spring,” alongside the infamous riot at its Parisian premiere brought ...

Based on a Russian folktale about a prince, his two loves, and an evil sorcerer, it was Igor Stravinsky’s first score for ballet, created in 1910, featuring a grand finale that’s some of the ...

Igor Stravinsky. NICOLAS NABOKOV, the composer, ... modern pictures, lightcolored furniture, and several birdcages, and entered a smaller room, lined on two sides with bookcases.

With the music for the ballet The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky made an indelible mark on the future of music composition. The Rite of Spring broke many boundaries; influencing future generations to ...

Now we want to convince those curious friends to love Igor Stravinsky, possibly the widest-ranging and most influential composer of the 20th century, and an inspiration for some of George ...

In the early 1900s, a relatively unknown Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice ...