Igor Stravinsky

Russia, 1908–1971

The greatest revolutionary in 20th-century classical music. The Rite of Spring (1913) — a rhythmic explosion that influenced jazz, rock and all popular music.

Influenced by

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Claude Debussy
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Influenced

• Edgard Varèse
• Burt Bacharach
• Carlos Chávez
• Krzysztof Penderecki
• Yes
• Aaron Copland
• Les Baxter
• Frank Zappa