Stravinsky, Igor Fedorovich (17 June 1882, Oranienbaum; 6 April 1971, New York), composer, was born into a musical family, but his parents encouraged him to pursue a career as a lawyer, and he remained in law school until age 23. One of his classmates was the son of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov , however, and the composer took an active interest in his son’s friend and provided him with a basic knowledge of music. Stravinsky became deeply involved in the study of composition, and he was only 28…