Stravinsky composed Feu d'artifice as a wedding present for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter Nadezhda and Maximilian Steinberg, who had married a few days before her father's death. Feu d'artifice helped develop Stravinsky's reputation as a composer, although it is not considered representative of his mature work. The work has some hints of bi-tonality but is for the most part similar in style to that of Rimsky-Korsakov who, at the time, was his teacher and mentor. It has the form of a scherzo but is still labeled "orchestral fantasy" because of its short length. Alexander Siloti conducted the premiere on 6 February 1909. Stravinsky got the commission from Serge Diaghilev to write The Firebird (1910) in part because Diaghilev heard this piece of music, and was impressed with its orchestration.
| Original Name | Feu d'artifice |
| Date of composition | 1908 |
| Premiered | 1909, February 6th in St Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| First published | 1910 |
| Dedicated to | Wedding present for Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter Nadezhda |
| Type | Scherzo |
| Catalogue | Op. 4 |
| Approx. duration | 5 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4 Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Fireworks, Op. 4 Igor Strawinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4 |
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