Q1. In what year was Igor Stravinsky born?
A. 1880
B. 1882
C. 1884
D. 1886
Answer: B. 1882
Q2. Where was Igor Stravinsky born?
A. Moscow
B. Saint Petersburg
C. Oranienbaum
D. Kiev
Answer: C. Oranienbaum
Q3. What was the profession of Igor Stravinsky’s father, Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky?
A. Pianist
B. Bass singer at the Mariinsky Theatre
C. Composer
D. Violinist
Answer: B. Bass singer at the Mariinsky Theatre
Q4. What talent did Igor Stravinsky’s mother, Anna Kirillovna, possess?
A. Professional violinist
B. Opera director
C. Amateur singer and pianist
D. Conductor
Answer: C. Amateur singer and pianist
Q5. How many siblings did Igor Stravinsky have, and what were their names?
A. Two brothers: Roman and Yury
B. Three brothers: Roman, Yury, and Gury
C. One brother and one sister: Gury and Ludmila
D. Four siblings including a sister
Answer: B. Three brothers: Roman, Yury, and Gury
Q6. At which institution did Igor Stravinsky initially study law?
A. Moscow University
B. Helsinki University
C. University of Saint Petersburg
D. Berlin Conservatory
Answer: C. University of Saint Petersburg
Q7. Who served as Igor Stravinsky’s primary musical mentor during his early education?
A. Alexander Glazunov
B. Sergei Diaghilev
C. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D. Claude Debussy
Answer: C. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Q8. What was Igor Stravinsky’s first major orchestral work, completed in 1907?
A. The Firebird
B. Symphony in E-flat major
C. Petrushka
D. Faun and Shepherdess
Answer: B. Symphony in E-flat major
Q9. Whom did Igor Stravinsky marry in 1906, and what was their familial relation?
A. His first cousin Yekaterina Nosenko
B. His childhood friend Lyudmila Kuxina
C. Vera de Bosset
D. A fellow student from university
Answer: A. His first cousin Yekaterina Nosenko
Q10. How many children did Igor Stravinsky have with his first wife, Yekaterina Nosenko?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Answer: D. Four
Q11. For which ballet company did Igor Stravinsky compose his first major ballet, The Firebird, in 1910?
A. Bolshoi Ballet
B. Ballets Russes
C. New York City Ballet
D. Paris Opera Ballet
Answer: B. Ballets Russes
Q12. In what year was Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka premiered?
A. 1909
B. 1910
C. 1911
D. 1915
Answer: C. 1911
Q13. What infamous reaction occurred at the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring on May 29, 1913?
A. Standing ovation
B. Immediate cancellation
C. A riot due to its innovative rhythms
D. Royal endorsement
Answer: C. A riot due to its innovative rhythms
Q14. Which period of Igor Stravinsky’s career, beginning around 1920, emphasized classical forms inspired by Baroque and Classical music?
A. Russian Period
B. Serial Period
C. Romantic Period
D. Neoclassical Period
Answer: D. Neoclassical Period
Q15. What was the year of Igor Stravinsky’s neoclassical ballet Pulcinella, based on music by Pergolesi?
A. 1918
B. 1920
C. 1925
D. 1930
Answer: B. 1920
Q16. In what year did Igor Stravinsky compose the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex?
A. 1927
B. 1930
C. 1935
D. 1940
Answer: A. 1927
Q17. What sacred choral work by Igor Stravinsky from his Neoclassical Period was completed in 1930?
A. Canticum Sacrum
B. Requiem Canticles
C. Symphony of Psalms
D. The Rake’s Progress
Answer: C. Symphony of Psalms
Q18. In what year did Igor Stravinsky move to the United States?
A. 1920
B. 1934
C. 1935
D. 1939
Answer: D. 1939
Q19. Whom did Igor Stravinsky marry as his second wife in 1940, following the death of his first wife?
A. Yekaterina Nosenko
B. Lyudmila Kuxina
C. Vera de Bosset
D. Anna Kirillovna
Answer: C. Vera de Bosset
Q20. Which composer primarily influenced Igor Stravinsky’s adoption of serial techniques in his later career starting in 1951?
A. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B. Arnold Schoenberg
C. Claude Debussy
D. Johann Sebastian Bach
Answer: B. Arnold Schoenberg
Q21. In what year did Igor Stravinsky compose the serial work Canticum Sacrum?
A. 1945
B. 1951
C. 1955
D. 1966
Answer: C. 1955
Q22. What was Igor Stravinsky’s final composition, a song for soprano and piano?
A. Symphony of Psalms
B. The Rite of Spring
C. Oedipus Rex
D. The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Answer: D. The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Q23. With which prominent impresario did Igor Stravinsky collaborate on his early ballets like The Firebird and The Rite of Spring?
A. Sergei Prokofiev
B. Sergei Diaghilev
C. Vaslav Nijinsky
D. George Balanchine
Answer: B. Sergei Diaghilev
Q24. With whom did Igor Stravinsky co-write the libretto for his opera The Rake’s Progress in 1951?
A. W.H. Auden
B. Sergei Diaghilev
C. Robert Craft
D. Claude Debussy
Answer: A. W.H. Auden
Q25. Which composer’s mentorship was crucial in shaping Igor Stravinsky’s early style, providing lessons in harmony and counterpoint?
A. Alexander Glazunov
B. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
C. Maurice Ravel
D. Igor Markevitch
Answer: B. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
