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IGOR STRAVINSKY Igor Stravinsky is considered by many the greatest composer of the 20th Century. Several composers have made breakthroughs and great accomplishments in the past 100 years, but Stravinsky has dominated nearly every trend set. He was born near St. Petersburg, Russia in Oranienbaum, on June 17, 1882. He was born to a famous Russian bass opera singer, Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father …

…symmetrical phrasing. He restored to music the sense of an unwavering pulse, and this helped to make so many of his works just right for dancing. His music made a "clean" sound, meaning there was no filling in just for the sake of filling in. All these contributions are so essential to the development of music in the 20th century. Who knows where modern music would be right now without the works of Igor Stravinsky?