Michael Landman-Karny·Jun 23, 2025The Chord That Bit Back: Stravinsky, Williams, and the Harmonic Shock of JawsIn 1910, Igor Stravinsky sat at the piano and struck two chords together, one in each hand. In the left, C major. In the right, F-sharp…A response icon1A response icon1
Gandhara publications·Dec 19, 2024Flying furniture, human sacrifice on stage, police interlude — the scandalous premiere of The Rite…It’s 1913, and the Parisian art-loving audience is walking into the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for the opening ceremony. Everyone is…
Rascunhos do Ápeiron·Aug 4, 2023A sagração da primavera, Modernidade e PrometeuSe você quiser ler apenas um livro para entender o mundo contemporâneo, leia este. Além de bem escrito — preciso e claro, o par que forma…
Ernest Boehm·Oct 30, 2022Eden and The Rights Of Spring (Viva The Harris Theater)The Year of Aesthetics №47 2022–10–29
John Welford·Oct 10, 2022The Rite of Spring Riot, 1913The Paris audience on the first night reacted violently to Stravinsky’s music and Nijinsky’s choreographyA response icon1A response icon1
Mika Rabago·Apr 15, 2022Cage, Stravinsky, and odd musicJohn Cage was an American composer, pianist, and conductor whom lived in the early-to-mid twentieth century (just after Stravinsky). Cage’s…
Max Myers·Apr 9, 2022How Does Shock Value Hold Up Over Time?Is it possible for a work of art to lose its impact as time passes? Can a piece said to have caused riots to break out truly be impactful…A response icon1A response icon1
InChange Your Mind Change Your LifebyDrJohnDiamond.com·Dec 1, 2021The Primal ArtIn 1940 Stravinsky delivered the Charles Eliot Norton series of lectures at Harvard University. They were entitled “The Poetics of Music.”
Lens and Pen Press·Nov 18, 2021SEDALIA/PARIS CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Wilson and Picasso/Joplin and StravinskyBoth Doug Freed and John Hawkins thought David Wilson had been influenced by Picasso. Neither had any knowledge of Wilson’s exposure to…
Alexis Houchin·May 13, 2021The Beauty Hidden by DisasterKnown as “one of the famous disasters of musical history”, Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” has had one of the largest impacts on the musical…
