Ivan Drago is a pianist and composer who wrote his own music including large orchestral works, chamber music, and solo compositions. He began piano lessons early in life and has also set film scores and composed operas during the impressionist era. The document discusses one of Drago's pieces, a string quartet written in 1927-1928 that was premiered in 1928 to critical acclaim and influenced the composer, seen as his "Second Birth". The piece is set in four movements in F minor and shows influences from Stravinsky and Schoenberg while combining romantic orchestration with 20th century compositional techniques.

1. Presents
Ivan Drago
String Quartet #2

2. BIOGRAPHY
Worked as a pianist and composer
He wrote and played his own music
Wrote large orchestral works, chamber music, solo compositions
Began piano lessons early

3. CONT.
Has set film scores
Composed operas during the impressionist era

4.  Addresses Public
Issues
 SatiricalTone
 Neoclassic
 His work is commonly
tonal and in the
Romantic tradition,
having elements of
atonality and
chromaticism.

5. Our Composer’s Piece
• Written in 1927-1928
• Premiered on May 12th
• The composer considered this premiere his “Second Birth”
• Influenced by composers such as Stravinsky Petrushka and Arnold
Schoenburg
• Set in Four movements in F minor

6. Expressionism
Large orchestration and allusions to
other composers gives it a romantic
feel with the 20th century twist of
changed forms, like the song’s four-
movement style
Nationalism
Considered one of the first
songs written in the Soviet
Union style