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Masterpieces of Western Music

Humanities W1123 · Prof. Michael Thaddeus

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

ASSIGNMENT


READ Chapter 15 in Kelly.

PRINT the questionnaire and fill it out as you LISTEN to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.


The Rite of Spring
played by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle


Part I: The Adoration of the Earth (15'41)
Introduction (0'00)
Augurs of Spring (3'23)
Dances of the Young Girls (4'44)
Ritual of Abduction (6'37)
Spring Rounds (7'56)
Ritual of the Rival Tribes (11'32)
Procession of the Sage (13'24)
The Sage (14'05)
Dance of the Earth (14'29)


Part II: The Sacrifice (18'29)
Introduction (0'00)
Mystic Circles of the Young Girls (4'34)
Glorification of the Chosen One (7'43)
Evocation of the Ancestors (9'19)
Ritual Action of the Ancestors (10'00)
Sacrificial Dance: The Chosen One (13'34)