Definition of Stravinsky, Igor in English:
(1882–1971), Russian-born composer, resident in the US from 1939; full name Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky. He made his name with the ballets The Firebird (1910) and The Rite of Spring (1913); both shocked Paris audiences with their irregular rhythms and frequent dissonances. Stravinsky later developed a neoclassical style typified by The Rake’s Progress (opera, 1948–51) and experimented with serialism in Threni.
- Stravinskyian adjective
- Example sentences
- He has stepped into a brave new world here, boldly going into the realm of Stravinskyian ' topics ' nay, apres Stravinsky, twentieth-century topics.
Definition of Stravinsky, Igor in:
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