Category: Ballet Music
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Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: Why 1913 Paris Rioted
The Night That Sparked a Riot
On May 29, 1913, the curtain rose and the audience began shouting. Fistfights broke out. The police were called. Stravinsky's ballet, a depiction of a pagan sacrifice, replaced melody with rhythm and grace with stamping, demolishing a century of orchestral…