1, is the first published work composed by Igor Stravinsky during his apprenticeship with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Of classical structure, it is broadly influenced by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Wagner.
[2] Stravinsky later recalled that both Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov considered the orchestration "too heavy".
[2] The symphony is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings.
Stravinsky incorporated into it a Russian folk song similar to one he used in Petrushka.