Composed for Sergei Diaghilev\'s Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 at the Th tre des Champs-Elys es in Paris.
Stravinsky created a version of the orchestral score for Piano Four hands, and i.
Igor Stravinsky\'s harmonically adventurous score--along with a scenario of pagan sacrifice and Vaslav Nijinsky\'s unconventional choreography--excited both opposition and support, and the event\'s climax in a near-riot remains among the most notorious premieres in music history.
Composed for Sergei Diaghilev\'s Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 at the Th tre des Champs-Elys es in Paris