The Adoration of the Earth

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The Adoration of the Earth is the first section of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a pagan celebration of spring through increasingly intense and rhythmically complex music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
section of a ballet ⓘ
artisticDirectorAtPremiere Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ
associatedWork The Sacrifice ⓘ
catalogueNumber often grouped under The Rite of Spring (no separate opus number) ⓘ
characteristic increasingly intense music ⓘ
rhythmically complex music ⓘ
choreographerAtPremiere Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ
commissionedFor Ballets Russes ⓘ
composer Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 29 May 1913 ⓘ
depicts pagan celebration of spring ⓘ
genre ballet music ⓘ
hasPart Augurs of Spring – Dances of the Young Girls ⓘ
linked to: Augurs of Spring

Dance of the Earth ⓘ
Introduction ⓘ
Procession of the Sage ⓘ
Ritual of Abduction ⓘ
Ritual of the Rival Tribes ⓘ
Spring Rounds ⓘ
The Sage ⓘ
historicalContext pre-World War I Parisian avant-garde ⓘ
influenced 20th-century orchestral rhythm ⓘ
inScore Russian and French tempo and character markings ⓘ
keyConcept ritualistic depiction of nature ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
movementNumber 1 ⓘ
notableFeature bitonality and dissonance ⓘ
complex rhythmic ostinati ⓘ
irregular accents ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
partOf Part I of The Rite of Spring ⓘ
linked to: The Rite of Spring

The Rite of Spring ⓘ
The Rite of Spring: Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts ⓘ
linked to: The Rite of Spring
performanceContext concert performance of The Rite of Spring ⓘ
staged ballet performance ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris ⓘ
premieredWithCostumeDesigner Nicholas Roerich ⓘ
premiereReception controversial ⓘ
style modernist ⓘ
subjectMatter pre-Christian Slavic ritual ⓘ
tempoCharacteristics frequent tempo changes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rite of Spring → part → The Adoration of the Earth ⓘ
Augurs of Spring → partOfAct → Part I: Adoration of the Earth ⓘ
linked to: The Adoration of the Earth
Dance of the Earth → partOf → Part I: The Adoration of the Earth ⓘ
linked to: The Adoration of the Earth