Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, a Russian-American composer, was one of the mosst innovative composers of the 20th century. He led the way for other composers allowing them to break free from the traditional orchestral pieces and to follow their own path. He was composing in a time where impressionist art was being replaced with a new group of artists called Les Fauves (the wild beasts). Their distortions of raw, vivid color was violent and intense. This reformation was also apparent in Stravinsky’s works as he led music back to the objectivism of the Classical period, from the subjectivism of the Romantic period which had a hold on the more recent compositions. He was composing in a time of political upheavel which also had great influences on his work. The difficult social and economic conditions that came along with the outbreak of World War I made it difficult to secure performances for large-scale works. This is the time period where he began composing a few smaller works such as The Soldiers Tale (1918). The disillusion of the war years can be seen in his work as well as the works of many other composers of the time.

As a child he discovered an intuitive joy in music, and wit

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