Vedic Horoscope for Stravinsky, Igor

Russian composer and conductor, considered by many to be one of the greatest and most versatile composers of the twentieth century. He helped revolutionize modern music with his vast imagination and impeccable craftsmanship. Stravinsky was to music what Picasso was to art; he departed radically from musical tradition by using irregular, primitive rhythms and harsh dissonances. His greatest works include "The Firebird," 1910, "The Rites of Spring," 1913 "Petrouchka," 1923, "The Rake's Progress,"1951, "Symphony of Wind Instruments," 1920 and "The Dumbarton Oaks Concerts," 1938. Author of "Chronicles of My Life," 1936, "The Poetics of Music," 1947. His later literary works "Memoirs and Commentaries," 1960, "Expositions and Developments," 1962 and "Dialogues and a Diary," 1963, were all co-written with American composer Robert Craft. Rene Aceves quotes a video documentary "Aspects of Stravinsky," 1980, sold by Kultur Videos (1-800-4KULTUR), 4/1999, in which Stravinsky relates that his father kept records of every detail of his birth. The camera is panned over the beautifully handwriten document to show the date and time of June 5th, 1882 at 12 in the afternoon in Oranienbaum (with the street address).