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Topic: The Rite Of Spring
Posted By: imma
Subject: The Rite Of Spring
Date Posted: September 13 2011 at 18:46
I made this thread to ask you if you know this piece, and if you do, what do you think about it?

I've listened to it a week ago for the first time, and it blew me away. They say it's one of the most complex pieces ever composed, but for me it was quite easy to listen even though I get bored listening to most pieces by classical composers like Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, etc.


Here some information of the piece taken from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - The Rite of Spring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - , is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - ballet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - with music by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - Igor Stravinsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - ; choreography by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - Vaslav Nijinsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - ; and concept, set design and costumes by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - Nicholas Roerich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - . It was produced by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - Sergei Diaghilev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - for his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - Ballets Russes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - ballet company and had its premiere in Paris on 29 May 1913.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - The music's innovative complex rhythmic structures, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - timbres http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - , and use of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - dissonance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" rel="nofollow - have made it a seminal 20th century composition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring#cite_note-0" rel="nofollow -

It has been queoted by prog artists like Frank Zappa or Jaco Pastorius. "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part II" features motifs inspired directly from The Rite of Spring, particularly, "The Dance of the Young Girls".


YouTube Full Concert conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0e_n49dcQ" rel="nofollow - Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphUZIAZn1k&feature=related" rel="nofollow - Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlpTZ5CtLBE&feature=related" rel="nofollow - Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjlXYQzO7w&feature=related" rel="nofollow - Part IV

"Keeping Score" videos help you to understand the piece.



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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 13 2011 at 20:34
as far as recordings go, i would recommend any by the late French maestro Pierre Monteux, who, incidentally, was the conductor at the world premiere performance



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