Composer Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Living place: Russia

Birthday: 17-6-1882

Global rank: #22578

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Who is Composer Igor Stravinsky?
Known for his Ballets Russes: "The Firebird" from 1910, "Petrushka" from 1911, and "The Rite of Spring" from 1913. He is considered a revolutionary who toyed with, surpassing , and violate the boundaries of traditionally held music design.
He contracted typhoid after the premiere of "The Rite of Spring" and was forced to delay his trip while he recuperated in a Paris nursing home.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He enrolled in law school at the behest of his parents, rather than immediately pursuing his musical dreams. However, he did not attend classes at Saint Petersburg University. He eventually pursued a career in music after the great Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov urged him to enlist in private composition lessons.

Family life info

He married Katherine Nossenko on January 23, 1906, and later married Vera de Bosset in 1940.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Igor Stravinsky?
He was greatly admired by Leopold Stokowski, who assumed a pseudonym under which Stokowski provided him with financial support.

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When was Composer Igor Stravinsky born?
Igor Stravinsky was born in 17-6-1882, death year is , at the age of 142.
Where is Composer Igor Stravinsky's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Igor Stravinsky was born in Russia. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Igor Stravinsky's global rank is 22578 and whose rank is 79 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1882 and 17-6

Birthday Igor Stravinsky (17-6) in history

  • Day 17-6 year 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the siege of Boston at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Day 17-6 year 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
  • Day 17-6 year 1928: Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
  • Day 17-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
  • Day 17-6 year 1963: U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
  • Day 17-6 year 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
  • Day 17-6 year 1994: O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.
  • Day 17-6 year 2002: Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
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