As for myself, I need music for hygienic purposes, for the … - Igor Stravinsky

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As for myself, I need music for hygienic purposes, for the health of my soul. Without music in its best sense there is chaos. For my part, music is a force which gives reason to things, a force which creates organization, which attunes things. Music probably attended the creation of the universe.

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Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971), a Russian-born composer, is thought to be one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. His musical language evolved over the years through many stylistic periods including neoclassicism and serialism, though he is perhaps most remembered for his early works, written in a primitive style for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird), Petrushka and Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring).

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Native Name: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский

Alternative Names: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky • Stravinsky • Igor Strawinski • Igor Strawinsky • Igor Stravinskii • Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky • Jgor Strawinsky • Igor Strawinskij • Igor Stravinski • Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky • I. Strawinsky

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