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Russian composer, considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's works spanned a wide range of musical styles, from classical to modern, and had a profound impact on music history.

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Famous Igor Stravinsky Quotes

“We have a duty towards music; namely to invent it. ...Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the act of invention implies the necessity of a lucky find and of achieving realization of this find. What we imagine does not necessarily take on concrete form and may remain in a state of virtuality; whereas invention is not conceivable apart from its actually being worked out.”

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Book:Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons

Source: Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons

“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.”

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Author:Igor Stravinsky

“Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.”

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Author:Igor Stravinsky

“I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.”

Should Has Beens Born Talent Should Have Dues Temperament Should Have Been Composing Anonymity Due Time

Author:Igor Stravinsky

“A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.”

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Author:Igor Stravinsky

“Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.”

Should Imagination Invention Confused

Book:Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons

Source: Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons

“An audience is an abstraction; it has no taste. It must depend on the only person who has (pardon, should have), the conductor.”

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Author:Igor Stravinsky

About the Author

Born: June 17, 1882
Died: April 6, 1971
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 98

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Poetics of Music in the Form of Six LessonsRelated source material

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Dialogues and a Diary. [With Plates, Including Portraits.].Related source material

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