Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinskywas a Russian-French-American composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth17 June 1882
CityLomonosov, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
inspirational music opportunity
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
meaningful freedom self
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.
inspiration house architect
A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
art joy needs
Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
tuning tunes harps
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
men coordination music-is
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
pride talent artistic
I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
pieces villa
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa Lobos?
inspiring art architecture
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
light vocabulary perfect
Consonance, says the dictionary, is the combination of several tones into a harmonic unit. Dissonance results from the deranging of this harmony by the addition of tones foreign to it. One must admit that all this is not clear. Ever since it appeared in our vocabulary, the word 'dissonance' has carried with it a certain odor of sinfulness. Let us light our lantern: in textbook language, dissonance is an element of transition, a complex or interval of tones that is not complete in itself and that must be resolved to the ear's satisfaction into a perfect consonance.
attention may notes
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
order flow structure
Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
music jazz-and-life doe
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
art opposites chaos
Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.