Stra·vin·sky  (strə-vĭn'skē)  Russian-born composer of ballets, including The Firebird (1910), symphonies, operas, such as The Rake's Progress (1951), and other innovative works. His ballet The Rite of Spring provoked riots and protests when it was first produced in 1913. |
| igor fyodorovich stravinsky | |
noun | |
| composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: Stravinsky] |