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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Music - Middle School - Igor Stravinsky
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Igor Stravinsky was certainly among the few most remarkable musicians to bestride the 20th century, in which the writing and making of music changed more than ever before. Stravinsky wrote many different types of work including operas, ballets, symphonies, concertos, chamber music and choral works. His career last for more than 60 years and he died in 1971 at the age of 88.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Music - Middle School - Igor Stravinsky
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1. Where was Stravinsky living during the years approaching World War II (i.e., the mid- to late 1930s)?
2. Though he traveled a lot and settled elsewhere, what was Stravinsky's nationality by birth?
3. He had to leave Russia on the outbreak of World War I (in 1914, as you may remember) ... and what with the Revolution not long after that, it was many years before he could next go 'home'. When did this eventually happen?
4. With what form of music (in which Russia had a strong recent tradition, not least through Tchaikovsky) did Stravinsky burst upon the cultural scene in Paris in the years before World War I?
5. During the Second World War Stravinsky moved to the USA, and in January 1944 there was a story (probably not true) that he had been in trouble with the Boston police ... over having, supposedly, done what?
6. During his long and interesting life he 'rubbed shoulders' with many of the great creative and cultural icons of the 20th century. Which of the following people is NOT regarded as having been at least a close friend and/or artistic collaborator?
7. Stravinsky had much of his early and formative musical teaching from one of 'the Five' who had been friends with Mussorgsky: which one?
8. Which of Stravinsky's ballets caused riotous scenes when it was premiered in Paris in 1913?
9. Which ONE of the following was a true and genuine mark of Stravinsky's acceptance into the USA and its cultural life?
10. On which instrument was Stravinsky a recital-quality soloist?

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