# Miniature essays: Igor Stravinsky

Author: Anonymous

Genre: FR Musique

Language: Français

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40597

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## Summary

Igor Stravinsky was born at Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg, on June 5th (18th), 1882. His father, an operatic singer, who won great favour with the public of the Russian capital at the Maryinsky Theatre, soon discovered remarkable musical gifts in the boy, which he did not neglect to develop, although he wished him to grow up to a legal career. In accordance with this plan, Igor Stravinsky, on having reached adolescence, entered the University of St. Petersburg and devoted himself to the study of jurisprudence, not without periodical and almost irresistible impulsions to abandon it for music. He had thus reached the age of twenty-two, when a meeting with Rimsky-Korsakov, who saw and app...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/miniature-essays-igor-stravinsky-40597/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/miniature-essays-igor-stravinsky-40597/chapters/2/index.md)