Early Modern · 1913
Rite of Spring — Sacrificial Dance
I. Stravinsky
- Key
- Cm
- Time
- free
- Tempo
- ♩=132
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Closing dance of The Rite of Spring. Famously irregular metres and dissonance. The 1913 premiere caused a riot.
Teaching points
- Irregular metres throughout
- Polychords + dissonance
- AO3: 1913 modernism shock
Full score ↓Public domain
1913 Edition Russe + later, PD via 95-year rule (US).