Biography
- At the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, an audience protest broke out. It was so loud that neither the dancers or the audience could hear the music properly.
- Towards the end of his life, one of Stravinksy’s favorite games to play was Scrabble.
- Stravinksy once lived in a Swiss hotel where he would never compose unless he knew no one could hear him. Later, a dealer set Stravinsky up with a piano stored in a chicken coop to solve this problem. In that chicken coop, he wrote some of his best works.
Famous Works
Listen to Stravinsky
These pieces made Igor Stravinsky famous all around the world. Press a Listen button and hear the music for yourself!
The Rite of Spring
Firebird Suite
Petrushka
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