io Oedipus Rex, the ballets Pulchinella and Apollon Musagte, the Symphony of Psalms, and Stravinsky's only full-scale opera, The Rake's Progress . When World War II broke out, Stravinsky fled Europe and came to the United States, where he settled in Hollywood, California, where he eventually became an American citizen in 1940. In the 1950s, Stravinsky shocked the musical world by turning to “serialism” and produced the twelve-tone ballet Agon and the choral work Canticum Sacrum. By this time, Stravinsky had lived long enough to see himself internationally honored as the western world's greatest living composer, and spent his last years conducting, recording his works, and granting interviews. He died in New York City in 1971, but his contributions to the world of music are still seen every day. ...
