This man used The Ice Maiden as the basis for his ballet The Fairy's Kiss, which was commissioned on behalf of Ida Rubenstein after she could not obtain performing rights to his earlier ballet Apollo.
This man used The Ice Maiden as the basis for his ballet The Fairy's Kiss, which was commissioned on behalf of Ida Rubenstein after she could not obtain performing rights to his earlier ballet Apollo. Late in life, his major works were mostly serialist elegies, such as In Memoriam Dylan Thomas. His most well-known work contains a series of irregularly-accented chords during the "Dances of the (*) Youths and Maidens," which is preceded by a bassoon solo. For 10 points, name this composer of the Firebird suite and The Rite of Spring.
This man used The Ice Maiden as the basis for his ballet The Fairy's Kiss, which was commissioned on behalf of Ida Rubenstein after she could not obtain performing rights to his earlier ballet Apollo.
Igor Stravinsky