Question

Select all that apply what composer became an American citizen in 1940?

Richard Wagner

Ludwig von Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky

Claude Debussy

Answer 1

Igor Stravinsky.

He became an American citizen in 1940, mainly because many Europeans were seeking refugee in the United States during this time due to the war in Europe.

Answer 2

Igor Stravinsky became an American citizen in 1940. Option C is correct.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is regarded to as one of the major and influential composers of the 20th century.

His career as a composer was notable for its stylistic diversity.

He first became internationally famous with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913).