He borrowed a heavily syncopated section of one of his stage works for his "Ragtime for Eleven Instruments.
He borrowed a heavily syncopated section of one of his stage works for his "Ragtime for Eleven Instruments." One of those instruments was the cimbalom, which he became fascinated with and used for his ballet Les Noces. He and George Balanchine were commissioned by the Ringling Brothers to compose a piece "For a Young Elephant" titled the Circus Polka. He composed a piece dubbed Fireworks as a wedding president for Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter, and he wrote a ballet in which Furbo pretends to resurrect the title Commedia dell'arte character. The title character of another of his ballet's has a namesake dissonant chord and is imprisoned by the Charlatan and stabbed by the Moor. Another of his ballets includes the "infernal dance" and sees Prince Ivan is helped by the title creature. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of the Petrushka and The Firebird.
He borrowed a heavily syncopated section of one of his stage works for his "Ragtime for Eleven Instruments.
Igor Fyodorovich {Stravinsky}