MIAF: Rite of Spring
While history seems undecided to how much of a riot occurred when Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring debuted in 1913, there can be no argument that it caused a stir. Stravinsky's music has been described as, "Contradicting every rule about what music should be… often deliberately harsh… rhythmically complex… making lavish use of dissonance." Nijinksy's […]