The Rite of Spring

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The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.

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instanceOf 20th-century classical composition ⓘ
ballet ⓘ
ballet score ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
balletCompanyAtPremiere Ballets Russes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Stravinsky work without opus number ⓘ
commissionedBy Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ
composer Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
genre ballet ⓘ
modernist music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
program music ⓘ
historicalEvent caused a scandal at its premiere ⓘ
impresario Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ
influenceOn 20th-century orchestral music ⓘ
ballet choreography ⓘ
modernist composers ⓘ
instrumentation large orchestra ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movement primitivism ⓘ
notableFeature bitonality ⓘ
complex rhythms ⓘ
dissonant harmonies ⓘ
innovative orchestration ⓘ
irregular accents ⓘ
notableOpening high bassoon solo ⓘ
notableSection Augurs of Spring ⓘ
Dance of the Earth ⓘ
Ritual of the Ancestors ⓘ
Sacrificial Dance ⓘ
originalTitle Le Sacre du printemps ⓘ
linked to: The Rite of Spring
part The Adoration of the Earth ⓘ
The Sacrifice ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premiereChoreographer Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCompany Ballets Russes ⓘ
premiereConductor Pierre Monteux ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1913-05-29 ⓘ
premierePlace Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris ⓘ
reception initially controversial ⓘ
later highly influential ⓘ
setting prehistoric Russia ⓘ
structure two-part ballet ⓘ
subjectMatter human sacrifice ⓘ
pagan ritual ⓘ
theme sacrifice of a chosen maiden ⓘ
title The Rite of Spring ⓘ
yearComposed 1913 ⓘ

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The Rite of Spring → title → The Rite of Spring ⓘ
The Rite of Spring → originalTitle → Le Sacre du printemps ⓘ
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Vaslav Nijinsky → notableWork → Le Sacre du printemps ⓘ
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Kenneth MacMillan → notableWork → The Rite of Spring (choreography) ⓘ
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Maurice Béjart → notableWork → Le Sacre du printemps ⓘ
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Hubert Laws → notableWork → The Rite of Spring (album) ⓘ
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Antoine Bibesco → notableWork → Le Sacre de la femme ⓘ
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Scythian Suite → inspiredBy → Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring ⓘ
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Yuri Possokhov → notableWork → The Rite of Spring ⓘ
Pina Bausch → notableWork → Le Sacre du Printemps ⓘ
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Russian Seasons in Paris → notableWork → The Rite of Spring (Paris production) ⓘ
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Dance of the Earth → partOf → The Rite of Spring ⓘ
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