Igor Stravinsky Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

PhoenixIgor Stravinsky57rank/position

Stravinsky – Ballet music “The Firebird” (1910 version), Dutoit, Montreal Symphony

Stravinsky is also one of the composers who represent modern music.

Although his style changed over time, one of the hallmark works from the period when he created highly impactful “primitivist” music—incorporating multiple tonal centers into his pieces and using rhythms rarely found in classical music—is The Firebird.

Suite from the ballet “The Firebird”Igor Stravinsky58rank/position

Strawinsky: Der Feuervogel – Suite (1919) ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Susanna Mälkki

The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, who originally aspired to become a lawyer, had an unusual background and is celebrated as a “chameleon composer.” Not only did he write the famous trilogy of ballets, but he also shifted to a neoclassical style and, in his later years, continued composing traditional sacred music.

As a multifaceted, unorthodox composer, he exerted a profound influence on the musical history of the 20th century.

Stravinsky’s The Firebird is, as mentioned, a pivotal work that forms one corner of that ballet trilogy.

In fact, there’s an anecdote that Osamu Tezuka’s famous work Phoenix (Hi no Tori) was inspired after Tezuka saw this very ballet, The Firebird.

Reflecting on that story while savoring the arts in autumn—it’s an exquisitely luxurious way to spend one’s time, isn’t it?

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