Igor Stravinsky
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century a
Stravinsky in the early 1920s
Yekaterina Stravinsky in 1907
Diaghilev in 1916
Opening measures of the "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite of Spring, showing the odd meters and chords
The Firebird
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The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreo
Costume sketch for the titular Firebird by Léon Bakst, 1910
Sketch of scenery for The Firebird by Aleksandr Golovin, who designed the sets and co-designed costumes with Léon Bakst for the premiere
Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird and Michel Fokine as Prince Ivan in the 1910 Ballets Russes production