Igor Stravinsky

1882 – 1971 · died at about 89^[1][2]

Music

Fun Facts About Igor Stravinsky

• Igor Stravinsky wrote his Circus Polka for elephants. Asked in 1942 to compose for a Barnum and Bailey elephant act, he asked how old they were, then said: "If they are very young, I will do it."^[1]
• In 1908 Stravinsky sent his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov the score of Feu d'artifice. It came back with the note: "Not delivered on account of death of addressee."^[1]
• Stravinsky married his first cousin, Yekaterina Nosenko. Because marriage between first cousins was banned, they found a priest who did not ask who they were.^[1]
• In 1920 Stravinsky moved his family into the home of fashion designer Coco Chanel, where he composed the Symphonies of Wind Instruments. The relationship with Chanel became an affair.^[1][3][4]
• Stravinsky allowed The Rite of Spring, whose premiere had caused a near-riot, to be used in Walt Disney's 1940 animated film Fantasia.^[1][5][6]
• Between tours in his later years, Stravinsky worked so relentlessly on new tone rows that he even wrote them on toilet paper from airplane lavatories.^[1]
• Elvis Presley and Igor Stravinsky were alive at the same time for 36 years.^[1][2][7][8]
• Igor Stravinsky was alive at the same time as Michael Schumacher — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1969–1971).^{[1][2][9][10]}

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.^[1]

Contemporaries

Pablo Picasso

89 yr overlap

Coco Chanel

88 yr overlap

Bertrand Russell

88 yr overlap

Harry S. Truman

87 yr overlap

Lise Meitner

86 yr overlap

Helen Keller

86 yr overlap

Georgia O'Keeffe

84 yr overlap

Chiang Kai-shek

84 yr overlap

Winston Churchill

83 yr overlap

Albert Schweitzer

83 yr overlap

Charlie Chaplin

82 yr overlap

Agatha Christie

81 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Igor Stravinsky

When was Igor Stravinsky born?

Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882, and died on April 6, 1971.

How old was Igor Stravinsky at death?

Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882, and died on April 6, 1971, at age 88.

What was Igor Stravinsky known for?

Igor Stravinsky was known for: The Rite of Spring, modern classical. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.

Who was alive at the same time as Igor Stravinsky?

Igor Stravinsky's closest contemporary was Pablo Picasso. Their lives overlapped for 89 years.