such as: Ludwig van Beethoven‚ Leopold Stokowski‚ Franz Schubert‚ and Igor Stravinsky. Each composer has earned their title of being one of the best composers in history in their own rite‚ but Stravinsky was able to create versatility in his
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Research Paper on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring I. Introduction A. The music and choreography of the premiere Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring on the 29th of May 1913‚ in Paris‚ France changed the form and sentiments of ballet by challenging conventional expectations of the past‚ transforming the work into the acclaimed masterpiece and milestone in ballet it is today. II. Stravinsky- brief background of life up until the premiere of The Rite of Spring A. Birth and Life in Russian Empire 1.
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IGOR STRAVINSKY Igor Stravinsky is considered by many the greatest composer of the 20th Century. Several composers have made breakthroughs and great accomplishments in the past 100 years‚ but Stravinsky has dominated nearly every trend set. He was born near St. Petersburg‚ Russia in Oranienbaum‚ on June 17‚ 1882. He was born to a famous Russian bass opera singer‚ Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father
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Firebird written by: Igor Stravinsky in 1910. Stravinsky Grew up around music since he was a young boy‚ his father was Fyodor Stravinsky‚ who was the principle at Imperial Opera‚ St Petersburg‚ and his mother Anna was an amateur singer and piano player. Though Igor did not jump right into music he actually began to study law at St Petersburg University in the year 1901. He still kept his hands in music as he worked with a mentor. By the time of his mentor’s death in 1908 Stravinsky had produced several
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MUSI 1306 Study Guide-Twentieth-Century & Non-Western Music The section on twentieth-century music will involve chapters 1-8‚ 15-17. Chapters 1-3 will be utilized for the discussion of Non-Western music. It will be necessary to study these chapters‚ as well as the listening examples contained within‚ to achieve full comprehension of these sections. Twentieth-Century Overview (Chapter 1) Within the music of the twentieth century can be seen influences of folk and popular music‚ Asian
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in Paris in 1913 and the 20th century. Igor Stravinsky’s on of Europe’s new composers. His ballet The Rite of Spring is about to make its premiere as we learned in class is the music is not liked by everyone to some people it is too modern and is a very controversial. There was one listener that liked the performance and that was Coco Chanel who was a well known fashion designer. She wore a beautiful white dress to the ballet. Now it 1920 and Igor Stravinsky has moved to Paris because of a war in
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Impressionism (Debussy) Primitivism (Stravinsky) Expressionism (Schoenberg) Many more! Modernism in Music: How to Detect It Unconventional/non-traditional plot for ballet‚ opera‚ or program music Radical concept or performance style Harmonic language for each music “ism” Very unfamiliar; unprecedented Three Harmonic Options After 1900 Tonality isn’t the only option anymore Harmony now based on different scale/pitch combinations Debussy: Exotic scales Stravinsky: Polytonality Schoenberg: Atonality
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new artists and forms of art arose that was both ground-breaking and controversial. Two examples of the controversial and innovative works of art are Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Picasso was not only a well-known artist in modern art but also had a distinct style for artistic creation. Stravinsky was the composer for the “most significant trends in modern music during his lifetime” (Isaacs‚ David). He went from being a neo-classical composer to
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1900’s with Nijinsky’s development of The Right of Spring the focus is on the involvement of individuals who took part in the creation and development process of the original costumes. This can be narrowed down to Nicholas Roerich as the designer‚ Igor Stravinsky who potentially provided inspiration for Roerich’s designs and finally Nijinsky himself. To look at and discover how Roerich was inspired and where the root of his designs developed from other than Nijinsky’s vision‚ if any‚ brings this piece
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Music written since 1900 is called twentieth century music. There have been more types and styles of music written in the twentieth century then ever before. In the twentieth century‚ the only limit is the composer’s imagination. This great variety of musical styles reflected the diversity of life during the early twentieth century. More people were free to choose where to live‚ how to earn a living‚ and how to spend their time. The car‚ airplane‚ telephone‚ phonograph‚ movies‚ and radio all made
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