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Who is Igor Stravinsky from What to Listen for in Music and what is their importance?
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Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) was a Russian composer whose monumental work "The Rite of Spring", a work which was a great inspiration to Aaron Copland. Stravinsky's masterpiece debuted in 1913, when Copland was only 13 years old. Stravinsky was also a noted pianist and conductor who was nominated as one of the most influential people of the century.
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