Igor Stravinsky on the porch of his house in Ustylug, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine, records the singing of the Ukrainian lirnyk, who plays on the wheeled lira (similar: hurdy-gurdy). Mother Anna Kholodovska holds his son Theodore on right. 1908. In Ustylug, Igor Stravinsky wrote 17 works, including brilliant ballets "Firebird", "Petrushka", "Rite of Spring", dedicated to the ancient Ukrainian pagan rites of the times of Kyivan Rus', which brought the composer world fame. This period is mistakenly called the "Russian period".
"Any understanding of Stravinsky's early works would be incomplete without consideration of his life while in Ukraine, as well as his connections to Ukrainian culture. In addition to Stravinsky's Ukrainian ancestry on both his father’s and mother’s side, he maintained a personal connection with that culture for as long as was possible given the difficult political situation at the time.
His parents were both from Ukraine: Fedir Stravinsky (1843-1902), a famed bass singer at the Kyiv opera house and Anna (née Kholodovsky) (1854-1939), a native of Kyiv, one of four daughters of a high-ranking official in the Kyiv Ministry of Estates. It is believed that Stravinsky’s ancestry is traceable back to the 17th and 18th centuries, to the bearers of the Soulyma and Strawinski Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms of Stravinsky inherited the elements of the Coat of Arms of the Hetman of Ukraine Ivan Soulyma.
From approximately 1890 until 1914 the composer frequently visited Ustilug, a town in the modern Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. He spent most of his summers there, where he also met his cousin, Katherine Nosenko (daughter of his mother’s sister), whom he married in 1906. In 1907 Stravinsky designed and built his own house in Ustilug, which he called "my heavenly place". In this house Stravinsky worked on seventeen of his early compositions, among them Feu d'artifice, the Firebird, Petrushka, and the Rite of Spring. Recently renovated, this is the only Stravinsky house-museum that is open to the public. Many documents, letters, and photographs are on display there, and a Stravinsky Festival is held annually in the nearby town of Lutsk.
It is quite natural that Stravinsky expressed his fascination with and deep understanding of Ukrainian folk elements in his early orchestral compositions, as well as in his revolutionary ballets. Given his significant compositional output in that period, it is apparent that his inspiration was often drawn from the legends, melodies, and sounds of the Ukrainian tradition. In turn, Ukrainian culture is deeply rooted in the Kyivan Rus’ and Trypillia cultures, themselves thousands of years old". - еn.wikipеdiа.оrg. Igor Stravinsky
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