Research Paper on Igor Stravinsky
On June 17, 1882, Igor Stravinsky was born in Oranienbaum near St. Petersburg in Russia. Sergei Diaghilev, the director of the Ballets Russes, commissioned Stravinsky to arrange a few Chopin compositions for his ballet Les Sylphides in 1909. The Firebird, a collaboration with dancer Michel Fokine, was commissioned as a result, and when it premiered ... Read More
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