Stravinsky

American  

[struh-vin-skee, struh-vyeen-skyee] / strəˈvɪn ski, strʌˈvyin skyi /

noun

1. Igor Fëdorovich 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.

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Stravinsky British  

/ straˈvinskij /

noun

1. Igor Fyodorovich (ˈiɡərj ˈfjɔdərəvitʃ). 1882–1971, US composer, born in Russia. He created ballet scores, such as The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), for Diaghilev. These were followed by neoclassical works, including Oedipus Rex (1927) and the Symphony of Psalms (1930). The 1950s saw him reconciled to serial techniques, which he employed in such works as the Canticum Sacrum (1955), the ballet Agon (1957), and Requiem Canticles (1966)

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Example Sentences

There, he became personally and professionally acquainted with the aged Igor Stravinsky, whose music proved foundational to Mr. Thomas’s career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Versions of this Stravinsky classic, with its libretto based on Russian fairytales, have come and gone for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The two most influential classical composers of the first half of the 20th century, Stravinsky and Schoenberg, lived here.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

Schoenberg and Stravinsky, for instance, flirted, if futilely, with writing Hollywood film scores.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall