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Igor Stravinsky

1882 - 1971

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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music. Born to a musical family in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons. While studying law at the University of Saint Petersburg, he met Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and studied music under him until the latter's death in 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Stravinsky is the 12th most popular composer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Russia (up from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Composer.

Igor Stravinsky is most famous for composing the ballet "The Rite of Spring" in 1913.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Igor Stravinsky ranks 12 out of 1,451. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, and Franz Schubert. After him are Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvořák, Johann Strauss II, and Robert Schumann.

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Among people born in 1882, Igor Stravinsky ranks 2. Before him is James Joyce. After him are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Wilhelm Keitel, Georges Braque, Sigrid Undset, Max Born, Georgi Dimitrov, Ion Antonescu, and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Among people deceased in 1971, Igor Stravinsky ranks 1. After him are Nikita Khrushchev, Coco Chanel, Lawrence Bragg, Louis Armstrong, Jim Morrison, Paul Karrer, John Boyd Orr, György Lukács, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Audie Murphy, and Giorgos Seferis.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Stravinsky ranks 10 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Putin (1952), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), and Kim Jong-il (1941). After him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Dmitri Mendeleev (1834), Peter the Great (1672), Anton Chekhov (1860), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), and Grigori Rasputin (1869).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Igor Stravinsky ranks 2. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840). After him are Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Alexander Borodin (1833), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), and Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904).

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