Early life, 1882–1901
Stravinsky was born on 17 June 1882 in the town of Oranienbaum on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 25 mi (40 km) west of Saint Petersburg. His father, Fyodor Ignatievich Stravinsky (1843–1902),

Stravinsky has been called "one of music's truly epochal innovators". The most important aspect of Stravinsky's work, aside from his technical innovations (including in rhythm and

Stravinsky displayed a taste in literature that was wide and reflected his constant desire for new discoveries. The texts and literary sources for his

If Stravinsky's stated intention was "to send them all to hell", then he may have regarded the 1913 premiere of The Rite of Spring as a success: it resulted in one of history's most famous classical music riots, and Stravinsky referred to it on several occasions in his

Stravinsky's output is typically divided into three general style periods: a Russian period, a neoclassical period, and a serial period.
Russian period (c. 1907–1919)
Aside from a very few surviving earlier works, Stravinsky's

Stravinsky was a devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church during most of his life, remarking at one time that,
The Church knew what the psalmist knew. Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its

In 1910, Florent Schmitt dedicated the revised version of his ballet La tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50, to Stravinsky.
In 1915, Claude Debussy dedicated the third movement of his En blanc et noir for two pianos to Stravinsky.
In 1977, "Sacrificial Dance"