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The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
May 1, 2024 · The Rite of Spring, ballet by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky that premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on May 29, 1913. It is considered one of the first examples of Modernism in music and is noted for its brutality, its barbaric rhythms, and its dissonance.
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We explore Stravinsky's ground-breaking ballet The Rite of Spring, and why it has grown so important in the history of music, as well as its best recordings.
- Russian Influences
- Diaghilev and Paris
- Russian Village Music
- The Rite of Spring
- Back to Russian Folk Roots
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In turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg, everything fashionable seemed to be from anyplace but Russia. The architecture, the music, even the language that the "best" people spoke was French. But artists of all kinds in Russia revolted against this dependence on European ideas. They wanted to establish a nationalist, Russian identity. A powerful mover...
Among those artists was Serge Diaghilev, a producer and aesthete with great energy and vision. He believed in the artistic future of all things authentically Russian. In the face of controversy with the imperial theater, Diaghilev went abroad. Diaghilev knew that Parisian audiences were fascinated by Russian culture, which made Paris the perfect pl...
Stravinsky wanted to bring music back to the origins of dance. He frequently summered in Ustilug, where he was exposed to the old Russian culture that thrived in villages surrounding his family's country home. In the villages, people celebrated the times of planting and harvesting, and the mysteries of gods and fate. Naturally, the villagers celebr...
By 1913, Paris adored the Ballets Russes, with its lavish productions that star dancer Vaslav Nijinsky choreographed. The opulent sets were designed by Nicholas Roerich, and the brilliant scores were written by the now resident composer, Igor Stravinsky. And then came the most famous opening-night scandal in history: the premiere of The Rite of Spr...
What did Stravinsky write that was so powerful? He wanted to recreate ancient times, a time of a huge, untouched landscape within which a few tribal people gathered once a year to celebrate their relationship to the earth. For the raw material, Stravinsky turned to a book that contained all kinds of folksongs with roots in those pagan rituals. Stra...
Learn how Stravinsky's revolutionary ballet score redefined 20th-century music with its primitive rhythms and dissonant harmonies. Explore the historical and cultural context of the 1913 premiere that sparked a riot in Paris.
Learn how Stravinsky composed his groundbreaking ballet score, inspired by pagan rituals and folklore, and how it caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. Discover the technical innovations and the historical context of this epochal landmark in music.
