Editing Igor Stravinsky (section)

==== Turn towards neoclassicism ====
After the war ended, Stravinsky decided that his residence in Switzerland was too far from Europe's musical activity, and briefly moved his family to [[Carantec]], France.{{Sfn|White|1979|pp=71–72}} In September 1920, they relocated to the home of [[Coco Chanel]], an associate of Diaghilev's, where Stravinsky composed his early [[Neoclassical music|neoclassical]] work the ''[[Symphonies of Wind Instruments]].{{sfn|V. Stravinsky|Craft|1978|p=210}}{{sfn|White|Noble|1980|p=253}}'' After his relationship with Chanel developed into an affair, Stravinsky relocated his family to the [[white émigré]]-hub [[Biarritz]] in May 1921, partly due to the presence of his other lover [[Vera de Bosset]].{{sfn|V. Stravinsky|Craft|1978|p=210}} At the time, de Bosset was married to the former Ballet Russes stage designer [[Serge Sudeikin]], though de Bosset later divorced Sudeikin to marry Stravinsky. Though Yekaterina Stravinsky became aware of her husband's infidelity, the Stravinskys never divorced, likely due to the composer's refusal to separate.{{Efn|The complications that arose from traveling with de Bosset drove Stravinsky to request visas "for me and my secretary, Mme Vera Sudeikina" in 1924. The two grew so close that in 1929, Stravinsky told his publisher to give de Bosset the manuscript for one of his works, as she was returning to his home soon after.{{sfn|V. Stravinsky|Craft|1978|p=211}}}}{{Sfn|Walsh|2001|loc=5. France: the beginnings of neo-classicism, 1920–25}}{{Sfn|Walsh|2006|p=108}}

In 1921, Stravinsky signed a contract with the [[player piano]] company [[Pleyel et Cie|Pleyel]] to create [[piano roll]] arrangements of his music.{{Sfn|Lawson|1986|p=291}} He received a studio at their factory on the Rue Rochechouart, where he reorchestrated ''{{Lang|fr|Les noces}}'' for a small ensemble including player piano. The composer transcribed many of his major works for the mechanical pianos, and the Pleyel premises remained his Paris base until 1933, even after the player piano had been largely supplanted by electrical [[gramophone]] recording.{{Sfn|Walsh|2001|loc=5. France: the beginnings of neo-classicism, 1920–25}}{{Sfn|Lawson|1986|p=295}} Stravinsky signed another contract in 1924, this time with the [[Aeolian Company]] in London, producing rolls that included comments about the work by Stravinsky that were engraved into the rolls.{{Sfn|Lawson|1986|pp=293–294}} He stopped working with player pianos in 1930 when the Aeolian Company's London branch was dissolved.{{Sfn|Lawson|1986|p=295}}

The interest in Pushkin shared by Stravinsky and Diaghilev led to ''[[Mavra]]'', a comic opera begun in 1921 that exhibited the composer's rejection of Rimsky-Korsakov's style and his turn towards classic Russian operatists like Tchaikovsky, [[Mikhail Glinka|Glinka]], and [[Dargomyzhsky]].{{Sfn|Walsh|2001|loc=5. France: the beginnings of neo-classicism, 1920–25}}{{Sfn|White|1997|p=103}} Yet, after the 1922 premiere, the work's tame nature – compared to the innovative music Stravinsky had come to be known for – disappointed critics.{{Sfn|White|1979|p=79}} In 1923, Stravinsky finished orchestrating ''{{Lang|fr|Les noces}}'', settling on a [[percussion ensemble]] including four pianos. The Ballets Russes staged the ballet-cantata that June,{{Efn|''Les noces'' was the last work Stravinsky ever wrote for the Ballets Russes, likely to due a disassociation from stage music onset by Stravinsky's religious crisis.{{sfn|White|1979|p=85}}}} and although it initially received moderate reviews,{{Sfn|White|1979|p=82}} the London production received a flurry of critical attacks, leading the writer [[H. G. Wells]] to publish an open letter in support of the work.{{Sfn|White|1997|p=75}}{{sfn|V. Stravinsky|Craft|1978|pp=158–159}} During this period, Stravinsky expanded his involvement in conducting and piano performance. He conducted the premiere of his [[Octet (Stravinsky)|Octet]] in 1923 and served as the soloist for the premiere of his [[Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Stravinsky)|Piano Concerto]] in 1924. Following its debut, he embarked on a tour, performing the concerto in over 40 concerts.{{Sfn|Walsh|2001|loc=5. France: the beginnings of neo-classicism, 1920–25}}{{Sfn|White|1979|p=86}}{{sfn|V. Stravinsky|Craft|1978|p=252}}