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Stravinsky's "Funeral Song" uses chromatic figures and a solo horn melody that foreshadow elements found in his later ballet, "The Firebird."

The score and orchestral parts for Stravinsky's "Funeral Song" were rediscovered in St. Petersburg in 2015, after being lost for over a century.

Igor Stravinsky's "Funeral Song," Op. 5, was composed in 1908 as a memorial tribute to his teacher, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.

Under the Soviet regime, Stravinsky became a "non-person," and his music was officially suppressed, making the survival of his older scores unlikely.

The rediscovery of "Funeral Song" occurred during a complete refurbishment of the old St. Petersburg Conservatoire building in 2015.

The first modern performance of Stravinsky's "Funeral Song" took place on December 2, 2016, by the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev.

Stravinsky himself considered "Funeral Song" to be "the best of my works before The Firebird, and the most advanced in chromatic harmony."

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