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Russian Period
Neoclassical Period
Serial Period
Life
Interesting Facts
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Feu d'artifice
What is the piece that Stravinsky wrote that essentially started his Russian Period?
100
These are the two eras that neoclassicism draws from.
What are Baroque and Classical. -Along with adopting many genres of music (concerto, symphony, etc), composers like Stravinsky used the formal structures (sonata, aria, theme-and-variation) as well.
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Arnold Schoenberg.
Who is the developer of the twelve tone technique?
100
Where was Stravinsky born, and what was his father's profession?
Stravinsky was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1882. His father was an opera singer but encouraged Igor to pursue a career in Law.
100
This person wrote Stravinsky's requiem.
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
200
The Firebid, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring.
What are Stravinsky's most prominent ballets from his Russian Period.
200
This ballet composed in 1920 marked the beginning of Stravinsky’s neoclassical period.
What is the Pulcinella? -Stravinsky kept some chamber sonatas from the Classical era, but modernized them. He primarily added ostinatos and made the phrase-length irregular.
200
Dodecaphony
What is the twelve tone technique. The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any through the use of tone rows, an ordering of the 12 pitches. All 12 notes are thus given more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in a key.)
200
Who was Igor Stravinsky's wife, and how many children did they have?
He married his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko, in 1906 despite the Orthodox church's opposition to marriage between first cousins.They had four children.
200
Stravinsky gained naturalized citizenship to these two countries in 1934 and 1945.
What is France and the United States?
300
Extremely Large Orchestra, Russian Themes and Motifs, Polytonality, and Dissonance.
What are style characteristics of Stravinsky's works during this period.
300
The ‘Symphony in three Movements’ was influenced by this event.
What is World War II -Stravinsky said the piece was composed between 1942-1945 as a response to the war in the eurpean and pacific theaters. The first movement relates to Japan’s invasion of China while the third movement is about “German soldiers goosestepping” and the final allied victory.
300
Agon
What was Stravinsky’s first work to incorporate the twelve tone technique? -a ballet for 12 dancers. It was an important transitional piece between his neoclassical period and the serial period
300
What major historical event initially kept Igor from returning to Russia, and who assisted him financially while he was in Switzerland?
WW1.Financial support in Switzerland came from Swiss industrialist, philanthropist, amateur clarinetist, Werner Reinhart.
300
This famous artist collaborated with Stravinsky on the ballet Pulcinella.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Who is the the composer who trained Stravinsky?
400
Stravinsky composed this symphony in four different places.
What is the ‘Symphony in C’ -Written 1938-1940 in France, Switzerland, Massachusetts and California. The symphony is in a traditional, four-movement structure, but seems split in half. The first two (composed in europe) are more traditionally Classical in rhythm and harmony while the final two have modulated rhythms and are more chromatic.
400
Robert Craft
What conductor had a large influence on Stravinsky’s adoption of this musical technique?
400
Who did Igor Remarry, and how did his citizenship change?
He was remarried to his mistress Verra de Bosset. He became a French citizen in 1934.Became a naturalized US Citizen in 1945
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Stravinsky's, most famous, alleged mistress.
Who is Coco Chanel?
500
Rioting
What is the response of the audience at the premiere of "The Rite of Spring"
500
Stravinsky’s neoclassical work features stories from this.
What is Greek mythology. -Stravinsky used Greek mythology as the basis and inspiration for several operas and symphonies during his neoclassical period.
500
This is a term broader than 12 tone technique implying the use of fewer than 12 tones
What is serialism?
500
When did Igor Stravinsky die, where was he buried, and what awards did he receive after his death?
Died in April of 1971, at the age of 88, two years after moving to NY. Buried in Venice. After death he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Received the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987. Was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2004.
500
Igor held immense respect for this Italian autocrat.
Who is Mussolini?