1. Chapter 65 Music in Russia During the Silver Age: Igor Stravinsky

2. Lecture Overview The arts in Russia near the turn of the 20th century: the Silver Age Sergei Diaghilev Igor Stravinsky –life and works –The Rite of Spring: Procession of the Sage - The Sage - Dance of the Earth The Russian Revolution Review

3. The Life of Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) 1882 born near St. Petersburg to the family of a musician 1905 begins private study with Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1910 international attention after the premiere in Paris of the ballet The Firebird 1913 the stormy premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring places Stravinsky as a leader of musical modernism 1914 leaves Russia and resettles in Switzerland 1920s lives primarily in France and becomes a French citizen 1939 emigrates to the United States, settles in the Los Angeles area 1971 dies in New York, buried in Venice, Italy

4. Principal Compositions by Igor Stravinsky Ballets: 12 ballets including –The Firebird –Petrushka –The Rite of Spring –Pulcinella –Agon Operas and theater pieces including –The Nightingale –L’histoire du soldat –Oedipus Rex –The Rake’s Progress Orchestra: symphonies, tone poems, concertos Chorus: cantatas, Symphony of Psalms, religious music including a Mass Songs: include works accompanied by small chamber ensembles Piano: works include a Sonata and Serenade in A Chamber music: pieces that generally avoid traditional genres

5. Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, 1913, Procession of the Sage - The Sage - Dance of the Earth Through-composed form

6. Review Key Terms Silver Age realism Alexander Siloti Evenings of Contemporary Music Sergei Diaghilev Mir iskusstva (World of Art) Triple Entente Ballets Russes (Russian Ballet) Mikhail Fokine Vaslav Nijinsky polychord Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin Russian Revolution