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The Rite of Spring [n 1] (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.
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Opening measures of the "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite of Spring, showing the odd meters and chords [g] While composing The Firebird, Stravinsky conceived an idea for a work about what he called "a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watched a young girl dance herself to death". [60]
The Rite of Spring is a one-act ballet created by Kenneth MacMillan in 1962 for the Royal Ballet, set to Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (1913). The conductor was Colin Davis, and the designs were by Sidney Nolan. The first performance was given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 3 May 1962.
May 29 – The ballet The Rite of Spring, with music by Igor Stravinsky conducted by Pierre Monteux and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky is premièred by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, its modernism provoking one of the most famous classical music riots in history. [5]
Although the project was left incomplete, his revisit to this earlier composition appears to have influenced the symphony. The ostinatos and shock tactics of the last movement, for example, recalls the "Glorification of the Chosen One" and "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite, and
The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, in the concluding "Sacrificial Dance". [85] String Quartet, Op. 28, by Anton Webern in bars 40-41 and 44-51 of the third movement. [101] String Trio, Op. 20 by Anton Webern. [74] Symphonic Studies, Étude IX (first version) by Robert Schumann. [102] Toccata, Op. 10, by Niels Viggo Bentzon, in a single ...
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps), Part II: The Sacrifice: VI. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) Igor Stravinsky: Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Igor Stravinsky (conductor) Recorded at the Ballroom of Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, New York on January 6, 1960 Modern classical music / Ballet: 4:35 Germany / Canada / United States