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

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

His big break came in 1965 when the composer Stravinsky asked him to sing his opera Oedipus Rex in Athens.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Instead, Stravinsky reused bits he had meant for the 1943 epic “The Song of Bernadette” in his war symphony.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

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

I went because I know I used to like Stravinsky but somehow I no longer have the patience for it.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes