Autographs of Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
Born into a musical family in Saint Petersburg, Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons. While studying law at the University of Saint Petersburg, he met Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and studied music under him until the latter's death in 1908. Soon after, Stravinsky met impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned him to write three ballets for the Ballets Russes's Paris seasons: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot at the premiere due to its avant-garde nature and later changed the way composers understood rhythmic structure.
Stravinsky's compositional career is often divided into three main periods: his Russian period (1913–1920), his neoclassical period (1920–1951), and his serial period (1954–1968). During his Russian period, Stravinsky was heavily influenced by Russian styles and folklore. Works such as Renard (1916) and Les noces (1923) drew upon Russian folk poetry, while compositions like L'Histoire du soldat (1918) integrated these folk elements with popular musical forms, including the tango, waltz, ragtime, and chorale. His neoclassical period exhibited themes and techniques from the classical period, like the use of the sonata form in his Octet (1923) and use of Greek mythological themes in works including Apollon musagète (1927), Oedipus rex (1927), and Persephone (1935). In his serial period, Stravinsky turned towards compositional techniques from the Second Viennese School like Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (1954) was the first of his compositions to be fully based on the technique, and Canticum Sacrum (1956) was his first to be based on a tone row. Stravinsky's last major work was the Requiem Canticles (1966), which was performed at his funeral.
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Traded items with a signature of Igor Stravinsky
The most expensive item with a signature of Igor Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky Archive: 2 Signed Letters + Photos, Programs, Vera Note, 1st Ed) was sold in July 2025 for £1,616.10 while the cheapest item (Igor Stravinsky vintage signed album page Russian Composer) found a new owner for £3.64 in March 2014. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2015 with an average selling price of £72.00 for an autographed item of Igor Stravinsky. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with £1,255.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.99 was November 2018. In average, an autographed item from Igor Stravinsky is worth £175.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Igor Stravinsky were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | EXC USA SIGNED BY MARIA KURENKO 1970 ALLEGRO AL 64 MONO Igor Stravinsky, Maria K | £6.98 |  |
| Igor Stravinsky Composer Pianist Conductor Autograph Signature | £182.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky Composer, Conductor - Superb 1960s Hand Signed Autograph | £65.00 | |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. CLASSICAL MUSIC | £250.00 | |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY ORIGINAL SIGNED PAGE.COMPOSER | £137.53 | |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY SIGNED OEDIPUS REX MAY 1952 PREMIERE PROGRAMME FLYER COCTEAU | £250.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky signed Oedipus Rex opera-oratorio score | £1,255.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky signed photo print | £3.99 | |
| Igor Stravinsky signed photograph / Dennis Stock photographer. | £211.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer, Framed 44cmx30cm 100% Hand Signed Page & COA | £999.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer, SIGNATURE, 1954 | £207.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer, SIGNED card,1967 | £150.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, SIGNED concert programme AUTOGRAPH, 1965 | £14.50 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, typed letter signed by Stravinsky, to film director Denise Tual | £393.00 | |
| Igor Stravinsky, typed letter signed by Stravinsky, to film director Denise Tual | £489.00 | |
