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
building church knew music praises
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 decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
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I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
children animal classical-music
My music is best understood by children and animals.
music men order
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
music ducks effort
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
funny music witty
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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.
men coordination music-is
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
music thinking bars
I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.
impulse music-is succession
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
music years challenges
The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
pieces music-is comment
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
music-is powerless
Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.