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Igor Stravinsky
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Russian Federation (1882 – 1971)
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor’ Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed by Diaghilev’s ballets russes (Russian Ballet): L’Oiseau de feu (“The Firebird”) (1910), Petrushka (1911), and Le sacre du printemps (“The Rite of Spring”) (1913). The Rite, whose premiere provoked a riot, transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure; to this day its vision of pagan rituals enacted in an imaginary ancient Russia continues to dazzle and overwhelm audiences.
Stravinsky’s compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. After his first, Russian (expressionistic), phase he turned in the 1920s to neoclassicism. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms (concerto grosso, fugue, symphony), frequently concealed a vein of intense emotion beneath a surface appearance of detachment or austerity, and often paid tribute to the music of earlier masters, for example J.S. Bach, Verdi and Tchaikovsky.
In the 1950s he adopted serial procedures, using the new techniques over the final twenty years of his life to write works that were briefer and of greater rhythmic, harmonic, and textural complexity than his earlier music.
Stravinsky’s compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. After his first, Russian (expressionistic), phase he turned in the 1920s to neoclassicism. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms (concerto grosso, fugue, symphony), frequently concealed a vein of intense emotion beneath a surface appearance of detachment or austerity, and often paid tribute to the music of earlier masters, for example J.S. Bach, Verdi and Tchaikovsky.
In the 1950s he adopted serial procedures, using the new techniques over the final twenty years of his life to write works that were briefer and of greater rhythmic, harmonic, and textural complexity than his earlier music.
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Introduction
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Berceuse
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Fourth Tableau: Police and the Juggler
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Dance of the Firebird
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Variation de l'oiseau de feu
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Danse infernale du roi Kastchei
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Tango
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The Shrove-tide Fair
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davosmavo wrote:
I tagged based on the composer, the symphony/conductor goes under the album.
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morg0mir wrote:
he's a neoclassicist ffs
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
You assume I'm confused; I'm not - just suggesting an alternative.
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perkins_o1 wrote:
everyone who comments on the "touring" thing to do with dead guys is a faggot.
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d_arkangel wrote:
apegjuapgdjagp (and anyone else confused about tagging), go here: http://www.last.fm/group/Classical/forum/180/_/125300
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Taxes wrote:
nope, I prefer to see composers rather than performers in the artist field. Tagging's enough of a mess as it is without having to worry about all those works with unusual instrument combinations and whatnot.
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apegjuapgdjagp wrote:
Am I right in suggesting that everything above is incorrectly tagged, except the music that he conducted himself..? Unless you're scrobbling music that he conducted himself, shouldn't everyone tag it as: Artist: Conductor: Ensemble, and for the title: Stravinsky: whatever the work is called: title of the piece from that work.
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purplerain6 wrote:
Igor Stravinsky is on tour? I have to go see him, lol.
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-Zelgadis- wrote:
The Rite of Spring is simply awesome
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LeoBirtwhistle wrote:
Introduction is such an entry-level work, no wander it has so many plays.
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mattpoznanski wrote:
Apollon Musagete Scene 2 is the first space ambient 8)
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Sakti_Ngth wrote:
I need the Oedipus rex of a japanise orchestra... by stravinsky. Anybody can help me???
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filamentnovice wrote:
The best composer EVER.
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ywanklan wrote:
ce ratat esti ratatule
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oonazapper wrote:
If you love Stravinsky check out www.transitionopera.com they are doing a performance on the 28th of Oct of his music at the most beautiful East London theatre www.wiltons.org.uk! xx
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xTriviumMexicox wrote:
Magnificent! <3
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strategor wrote:
Unlike Lolo_fns, i don't believe that "The Rite" is the result of a desire to break musical rules. "The Rite" is not fundamentally REVOLUTIONARY. He is bold and pushes the rules of tonality to their limits. The break is more hestetique and stylistic. It is for this (and also because Diaghilev had arranged for a publicity stunt) that it has been a scandal: the public has largely understood, he was shocked by the violence and the paganism of this music. The "Pierrot Lunaire" by Schoenberg has triggered no scandal, no one understood anything, the language was truly revolutionary.
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Lolo_fns wrote:
schisM_aj, you should reconsider your point of view. Stravinsky would be much less historically important if there were not a tradition to break with in the work of artists such as Saint-Saëns. Besides, in Le Sacre du Printemps Stravinsky wants to break the rules, while in Le Carnaval des Animaux Saint Saëns is willing to follow them. Two great composers, each one at his own mode. By the way, L'Oiseau de Feu is amazing!
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hullerombuller wrote:
Fresh live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjwHUOgdjqk
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minimikhailovna wrote:
on tour... how odd :D [2] - hahah! yes, indeed :D
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