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Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky (won five Grammy awards (Album of the Year…

- - - - Stravinsky's work was always changing and developing yet it still retained a distinct style
  - - - The "Rite of Spring" induced a riot when it was released in 1913 because of its avant-garde nature.
        
        Avant-garde(n.)- something new and unusual
        
        "Rite of Spring" is now renowned
- - - - His father was a bass singer and his mother was a pianist
        
        studied law at the University of Saint Petersburg
        
        Started studying music with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after the death of his father
        
        Married Catherine Nossenko in 1906 and had four kids
        
        In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballets Russes, invited Stravinsky to orchestrate for his ballet. This led to the comission of The Firebird, makinghim a household name.
        
        In 1913, he produced one of his most famous works, The Rite of Spring, which caused a riot due to its avant-garde nature
        
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