This piece is from The Firebird which is one of the many of his scores for ballet. It was so popular that Maria Tallchief (who payed the firebird) said that when it was over, all the dancers where sure it was a failure because it took the audience a few minutes to respond. When the audience finally responded, she said, it sounded like the roar of a football stadium. In adition Stravinski was asked and offered millions to write another Firebird. His response was that the cost to himself as a composer would be more than any money could offer. The symbolism of the title firebird is ba… read more
This piece is from The Firebird which is one of the many of his scores for ballet. It was so popular that Maria Tallchief (who payed the firebird) sa… read more
This piece is from The Firebird which is one of the many of his scores for ballet. It was so popular that Maria Tallchief (who payed the firebird) said that when it was over, all the dan… read more
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) (17th June 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a Russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (Russian Ballet): L'Oiseau de feu ("The Firebird") (1910), Petrushka (1911), and Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") (1913). Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. After his first, Russian (expressionistic), phase he turned in the 1920s … read more
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) (17th June 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a Russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissi… read more
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) (17th June 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a Russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and per… read more