Natus [[Oranienbaum]] in [[oppidum|oppido]] (''Lomonosov'' anno [[1948]] renominato) in [[Russia]] die [[17 Iunii]] [[1882]], Stravinskij [[Petropolis|Petropoli]] altus est. Pueritia, recordatus est in autobiographia, fuerat incommodusincommoda: "Numquam novi aliquem qui me vere amavit."<ref>Stravinsky 1936, quoted in Dubal 2001, 564</ref> [[Theodorus Stravinskij]], pater, fuit [[bassus]] in [[Theatrum Mariinskij|Theatro Mariinskij]] Petropoli.<ref>Walsh 2001.</ref> <!--and the young Stravinsky began piano lessons and later studied music theory and attempted some composition. In 1890, Stravinsky saw a performance of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'' at the Mariinsky Theater; the performance, his first exposure to an orchestra, mesmerized him.<ref>Dubal 2001:564.</ref>--> Quattuordecim annos natus, ''Piano Concerto in G minor''{{dubsig}} [[Mendelssohn]] perfungi potuit. Proximo anno, reductionem pro clavileclavili unius ex quattrociniorumquattrociniis [[Alexander Glazunov|Alexandri Glazunov]] confecit.<ref>Glazunov autem sollertias compositionis Stravinski iuvenis detrectavit, quam ''haud musicus''<!--unmusical--> appellavit (Dubal 2001:564).</ref><!--PLUS IN EN:--> In Russia Stravinskij etiam composuit pantomimum ballationis ''[[Petrushka]]'' composuit .
