The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.
Composed for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 to a near-riot.
Named "One of the 100 best books ever published in Canada" (The Literary Review of Canada), Rites of Spring is a brilliant and captivating work of cultural history from the internationally acclaimed scholar and writer Modris Eksteins.
Looks at the origins and impact of World War I, discusses the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet, and analyzes public opinion of the period.
Among this new group was the prominent theorist Yuri Kholopov (1932–2003), an instructor at the Moscow Conservatory known for his exceptionally broad research interests.25 The Rite occupied an important place in his lectures, ...
Together the introduction and the analysis, with its more than 100 musical examples, both illuminate the structure of the work and demonstrate the way in which Forte's method may be applied in the analysis of complex music. "[This study] is ...
by July the following year Stravinsky , now back in Russia at his home in Ustilug , was impatient to recommence . ... so apt about Talashkino as the birthplace of the Rite that the place and its formidable owner deserve a digression .
Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring: The Beginnings of a Musical Language
When Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky collaborated they introduced a new ballet form to the art world, in a text that describes the public's reactions and how the production helped the growth of modern music and dance.
Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Arranged for One Guitar by Brett Ecklund. Tablature and notation.
Expertly arranged Full Orchestra Miniature Score by Igor Stravinsky from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the 20th Century era.