Igor Stravinsky Home - Morges

Igor Stravinsky's home is on Place Saint-Louis in Morges, Switzerland.  It was here the famed Russian composer lived from 1917 to 1920.  He first came to Switzerland in 1910, where he lived in a home in Clarens.  He and his family spent the winter months there, while returning to Russia to live in the summer.  In July of 1914, with World War I blooming, Stravinsky made a last journey to his Russian home in Ustilug to gather some possessions.  Circumstances would prevent his return until 1962.  By 1915 the family had moved to Morges, where they would eventually live in three different homes.  The Russian Revolution in 1917 cut Stravinsky off from his homeland and put an an incredible financial burden on him as he was prevented from collecting royalties on his works.  That same year he moved to this home in Place Saint-Louis, where he would live for the next three years.  With financial support from home non existant, Stravinsky turned to the Swiss philanthropist Werner Reinhart for aid.  Reinhart supported him during the writing and eventual debut performance of L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) in 1919.  Grateful, Stravinsky dedicated the work to Reinhart.  During his time living here Stravinsky also composed  Ragtime for 11 Instruments (1918), Piano Rag Music (1919) and Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919).  In June of 1920 the Stravinsky family left Morges and headed for a new home in Paris. 

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