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Igor Stravinsky : Influences on him Every person has influences in his life. These influences make one better and make us strive harder. Igor Stravinsky too had influences during his musical career. Not all of them were from other composers, a few of his influences were also a result of his family, the society and the time. Stravinsky came from a musical family. His father was a leading bass singer with the Imperial Opera in Saint Petersburg. So one can say that Stravinsky had music in his blood but he did not get really into music till his was nine when his parents enrolled him with a piano mistress. Yong Stravinsky quickly learnt the basics of the piano and also mastered the art of reading music. Since he could now read music, he took the next step forward, which was to improvise on the music of the composers of that time. Stravinsky absolutely loved to work on the music of others and also enhance it with this own variations (Stravinsky 5). It was this improvisational quality that helped Stravinsky reach greater heights in the coming years of his career. As a student at the university in St. Petersburg, he spent eight terms studying law as per his parents’ wishes. It was during this time that he made the acquaintance of a