What is the English title of the Stravinsky ballet 'Le Sacre du Printemps'?
"Arp, Max Ernst, Paul Klee, Man Ray, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Pierre Roy. Another joint exhibition followed in 1928 in the Parisian gallery ""Au Sacre du Printemps"" with the title ""Le Surréalisme, existe-t-il?"" (Does Surrealism really exist?) Among the participants were Max Ernst, André Masson, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia und Yves Tanguy. Further group exhibitions followed. In 1931 the first surrealist exhibition in the United States took place in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, and in May 1936 the ""Exposition surréaliste d'objets"" was held in the Parisian gallery Charles Ratton, which particularly valued object art and"
"The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a ""riot"" or ""near-riot,"" though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a"
"The Rite of Spring discography This is a sound and video discography of Igor Stravinsky's ballet ""The Rite of Spring"". The work was premiered in Paris on May 29, 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. It was presented by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and was conducted by Pierre Monteux. The list includes many of the most noted recordings of the work but is by no means exhaustive. The avant-garde character of the music, combined with Nijinsky's innovative choreography, caused a near riot at the first performance. It has since gained wide acceptance both as a"
"Theatre and Performance. A full catalogue and details of access arrangements are available here. Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent"
"Spring"", written by Stravinsky and choreographed by Nijinsky. The shouts of the audience during the performance, both for and against the dancers, were so loud that the dancers could not hear the music; the choreographer, in the wings, had to count in a loud voice to help them. The ballet transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure. The outbreak of World War I and the subsequent Russian Revolution of 1917 left the Ballets Russes stranded in Paris. They continued to perform in France and toured around Europe and the world, but never had the opportunity to"
"Trois mouvements de Petrouchka Trois mouvements de Petrouchka or Three Movements from Petrushka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet ""Petrushka"" by the composer Igor Stravinsky for the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Stravinsky's mentor Sergei Diaghilev had expected Stravinsky would follow the ballet ""The Firebird"" with another dance work, ""The Rite of Spring"". The idea for such a work had occurred to Stravinsky while still working on ""The Firebird"", but Stravinsky felt the need to write something unrelated to the theater and conceived an orchestral work in which the piano would have a prominent part: Stravinsky himself used"
"Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as"
"first scene of the ballet. The next part, ""Chez Pétrouchka"", is the second scene of the stage work, while the final movement, ""La semaine grasse"", includes the whole of the fourth scene up to the end of the Masqueraders section to which Stravinsky added an ending which he later incorporated in his 1947 revised version of the ballet for concert performances. He completed the three movements in August 1921 at Anglet, France. Stravinsky's goal in arranging ""Petrushka"" for the piano (along with ""Piano-Rag-Music"") was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. (A 1961 live recording featuring Rubinstein"
"in St. Petersburg in 1890. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, working for Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911) and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The rhythmic structure of these compositions were largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. Stravinsky's admiration for Tchaikovsky is well documented. Stravinsky's music has often been compared with Cubism. His path often crossed with the Cubists, notably Picasso"
"for some time and decided to make Apollo, leader of the muses, its central figure while reducing the number of muses from nine to three. They were Terpsichore, personifying the rhythm of poetry and the eloquence of gesture as embodied in the dance; Calliope, combining poetry and rhythm; and Polyhymnia, representing mime. Stravinsky explained the original title ""Apollon Musagète"" to mean ""Apollo, Leader of the Muses"". Stravinsky wrote for a homogeneous ensemble of bowed string instruments, substituting contrasts in dynamics for the contrasts in timbre he employed in ""Pulcinella"". The ballet takes its inspiration from the grand tradition of French"
"Les noces Les noces (French; ; , ""Svadebka"") is a ballet and orchestral concert work composed by Igor Stravinsky for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists. The composer gave it the descriptive title ""Choreographed Scenes with Music and Voices"" and dedicated it to impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Though initially intended to serve as a ballet score, it is often performed without dance. The ballet premiered under the musical direction of Ernest Ansermet at the Ballets Russes with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska on 13 June 1923, in Paris. Several versions of the score have been performed, either substituting orchestra for the percussion"
"24-year-old Balanchine, opened at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on 12 June 1928. Stravinsky conducted the performance. The concertmaster was Marcel Darrieux. In accordance with Stravinsky's wishes, the style of dancing was essentially classical, and Stravinsky thought of """"Apollon musagète"""" as a ""ballet blanc"", that is, costumed in traditional minimal white. Balanchine later said that when he heard Stravinsky's music all he could see was pristine white. The clarity, calm, even serenity of the music makes it seem infinitely remote from the colorful excitement of Stravinsky's earlier ballets. The avoidance of any conflict in the scenario, of any narrative,"
"The Firebird The Firebird (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910, the work was an instant success with both audience and critics. The ballet has historic significance not only as Stravinsky's breakthrough"
"""Sons and Lovers"" — Franz Kafka, ""The Judgement"" — Blaise Cendrars, ""La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France"" — Guillaume Apollinaire, ""Alcools: Poemes 1898-1913"", edited by Tristan Tzara — Blaise Cendrars, ""La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France"", a collaborative artists' book with near abstract pochoir print by Sonia Delaunay-Terk — Francis Jammes, ""Feuilles dans le vent"" — 29 May - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score ""The Rite of Spring"" is premiered in Paris — 12 December - Vincenzo Perugia tries to sell ""Mona Lisa"" in Florence and is arrested. Apollinaire had been"
"of poetry; Polyhymnia, the muse of rhetoric; and Terpsichore, the muse of dance. The theme is: Apollon musagetes instructs the muses in their arts and leads them to Parnassus. The ballet is divided into two ""tableaux"": Balanchine shortened the title to ""Apollo"" in the 1950s, which Stravinsky himself came to prefer. Despite the popularly considered Balanchine-Stravinsky Greek link due to Balanchine's later work with Stravinsky scores in ""Orpheus"" and ""Agon"", the music for ""Apollo"" was commissioned by the Library of Congress. ""Orpheus"" may be considered a sequel to ""Apollo"" but ""Agon"" is a formal plotless ballet whose title in Greek"
"Jeu de cartes (Balanchine) Jeu de cartes (Card Game) is a ballet in three ""deals"" by Igor Stravinsky composed in 1936–37, with libretto by the composer in collaboration with M. Malaieff (a friend of Stravinsky's eldest son ) and choreography by George Balanchine. The ballet was premiered by the American Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 27 April 1937, with the composer conducting. The European premier was on 13 October 1937 at the Dresden Staatsoper. The New York City Ballet premiere took place on 15 February 1951 under the title ""The Card Game"" at City Center"
"The Nightingale (opera) The Nightingale (Russian: Соловей - ""Solovyei""; French: ""Le Rossignol"") is a Russian ""conte lyrique"" in three acts by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, based on the tale of ""The Nightingale"" by Hans Christian Andersen, was written by the composer and Stepan Mitussov. It was first performed on 26 May 1914 by the Ballets Russes at the Palais Garnier in Paris. Stravinsky had begun work on the opera in 1908, but put it aside for several years after he had received the commission from Sergei Diaghilev for the ballet ""The Firebird"". He completed it in 1914, after he had"
"that the Diaghilev–Stravinsky collaboration would continue, in the first instance with ""Petrushka"" (1911) and then ""The Rite of Spring"". In a note to the conductor Serge Koussevitzky in February 1914, Stravinsky described ""The Rite of Spring"" as ""a musical-choreographic work, [representing] pagan Russia ... unified by a single idea: the mystery and great surge of the creative power of Spring"". In his analysis of ""The Rite"", Pieter van den Toorn writes that the work lacks a specific plot or narrative, and should be considered as a succession of choreographed episodes. The French titles are given in the form given in"
"for Stravinsky in Paris, who liked it. Shortly afterwards, Diaghilev also approved the changes. Over 40 per cent of the original score was either deleted or rewritten, and the required additional ""entr'actes"" were composed. The first performance of the ballet was given by the Ballets Russes on 17 May 1921, at the Théâtre Municipal de la Gaîté, Paris, with choreography by Fyodor Slavinsky and supervision by Mikhail Larionov. The orchestra was conducted by the composer. It was fairly well received, however the London premiere on 9 June was bitterly attacked by audiences and critics alike. The structure of the ballet"
"adapted his novel for the 2009 film ""Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky"", directed by Jan Kounen and starring Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen. The film was selected to occupy the prestigious closing slot at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2009. The riotous premiere of ""The Rite of Spring"" at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913 is legendary (see: The Rite of Spring#Premiere). In the spring of 1920, Chanel was introduced to Stravinsky by Sergei Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. During the summer, Chanel discovered that the Stravinsky family was seeking a place to live."
"1913 is legendary (see: The Rite of Spring#Premiere). In the spring of 1920, Chanel was introduced to Stravinsky by Sergei Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. During the summer, Chanel discovered that the Stravinsky family was seeking a place to live. She invited them to her new home, ""Bel Respiro,"" in the Paris suburb of Garches until they could find a more suitable residence. They arrived at ""Bel Respiro"" during the second week of September and remained until May 1921. Chanel also guaranteed the 1920 Ballets Russes production of ""The Rite of Spring"" against financial loss with an anonymous gift"
"The King's Command or The Pupils of Dupré The King's Command (also known as L'Ordre du Roi, or Les Élèves de Dupré) is a ballet in 4 Acts-6 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music composed and adapted by Albert Vizentini in a ""pastiche"" of airs taken from various works by Johann Strauss II, Léo Delibes, Daniel Auber, Jules Massenet, and Anton Rubinstein. The workk was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on February 14/26 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1886 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Virginia Zucchi (as Pepita), Pavel Gerdt (as Pepito), Enrico"
"of the close association between Stravinsky and both circles: that of the Russian Ballets and that of the Cubists. At the opening night of the Ballets Russes in Paris, May 1909, Vaslav Nijinsky's performed with Tamara Karsavina in the ""Bluebird pas de deux"". The title ""L'Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird)"" can be traced back to a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 4 January 1705), published in 1697. When d'Aulnoy termed her works ""contes de fées"" (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Prince Charming, in the story, is transformed"
"manuscript was acquired by the Paul Sacher Foundation. As well as the autograph score, they have published the manuscript piano four-hands score. In 2000, Kalmus Music Publishers brought out an edition where former Philadelphia Orchestra librarian Clint Nieweg made over 21,000 corrections to the score and parts. Since then a published errata list has added some 310 more corrections, and this is considered to be the most accurate version of the work as of 2013. The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written"
"Stravinsky's ""The Rite of Spring"" with choreography by Glen Tetley, George Balanchine's ""Theme and Variations"" with music by P.I. Tchaikovsky, and a new work by Val Caniparoli of San Francisco Ballet ""Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project"" (choreography by Stephen Mills of Ballet Austin) ""Swan Lake"" (choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""Peter Pan"" (choreography by Michael Pink, music by Philip Feeney) ""Tribute"" (choreography by Emery LeCrone, Jodie Gates and Amy Seiwert) ""Anniversary Triple Bill"" (Feast of the Gods - choreography by Edwaard Liang, “…smile with my heart” - choreography"
"La Perle (ballet) La Perle (en. ""The Pearl"") (ru. «Жемчужина» or «Прелестная жемчужина»; ""Zhemchuzhina"" or ""Prelestnaya Zhemchuzhina"") (en. ""Pearl"" or ""Pretty Pearl"") is a ""ballet-divertissement"" in one act, with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo. ""La Perle"" was created by Marius Petipa—the renowned ""Premier maître de ballet"" of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres—and the composer Riccardo Drigo—principal conductor of ballet and Italian opera performances for the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres and director of music to the Imperial Ballet—as a lavish piece d'occasion for the gala given at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow in celebration"
"Carnaval (ballet) Carnaval (Russian: ""Карнавал"") is a ballet based on the music of Robert Schumann's piano suite ""Carnaval"", Op. 9, as orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov and Alexander Tcherepnin. It was choreographed by Michel Fokine to his own libretto, with costumes designed by Léon Bakst, and premiered in Pavlovsk on 5 March (old style, 20 February) 1910. The leading dancers of the Imperial Ballet were engaged in the production: Tamara Karsavina (Columbine), Leonid Leontiev (Harlequin), Vera Fokina (Chiarina), (Estrella), Bronislava Nijinska (Papillon), Vsevolod Meyerhold (Pierrot), Vasily Kiselev (Florestan), and (Eusebius). The ballet became world-famous due to its"
"title ""Blazen"" at the Kiev Theatre of Opera and Ballet under A. S. Orlov. The music had to be reconstructed from the symphonic suite, minus the ""entr'actes"", resulting in prolonged pauses. Other attempts to stage it in the Soviet Union failed – Prokofiev refused to allow any changes. The suite has been recorded a number of times and has often been performed in concert, but it was not until the mid-1980s that Gennady Rozhdestvensky made the first recording of the entire music for the ballet. Chout Chout, Op. 21 (pronounced ""shoot""), is the usual English-language title of a ballet by"
"The Red Poppy The Red Poppy () or sometimes The Red Flower () is a ballet in three acts and eight tableaux with an apotheosis, with a score written by Reinhold Glière and libretto by Mikhail Kurilko. This ballet was created in 1927 as the first Soviet ballet with a modern revolutionary theme. Possibly the most famous dance from this ballet is the Sailors Dance, sometimes referred to as the ""Russian Sailors Dance"" (although it is described as ""Dance of the Sailors from the Soviet Ship"" in the score and libretto). It is this musical selection for which Glière is"
"The Red Poppy The Red Poppy () or sometimes The Red Flower () is a ballet in three acts and eight tableaux with an apotheosis, with a score written by Reinhold Glière and libretto by Mikhail Kurilko. This ballet was created in 1927 as the first Soviet ballet with a modern revolutionary theme. Possibly the most famous dance from this ballet is the Sailors Dance, sometimes referred to as the ""Russian Sailors Dance"" (although it is described as ""Dance of the Sailors from the Soviet Ship"" in the score and libretto). It is this musical selection for which Glière is"
"Berceuses du chat The Berceuses du chat (Russian: Kolibelniye, English: Cat Lullabies) is a cycle of four songs for contralto and three clarinetists composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1915. The work is usually referred to by its French title. Although it is usually sung in Russian, Stravinsky assisted his friend, the Swiss author C.F. Ramuz, to make a translation into French at the time of publication. The titles of the four songs are: ""Berceuses du chat"" is set for contralto and three clarinetists: E♭ clarinet; B♭ and A clarinet; A and B♭ Bass Clarinet. The ""Berceuses du chat"" were composed"
"Le Réveil de Flore Le Réveil de Flore (en. ""The Awakening of Flora""), (ru. «Пробуждение Флоры», ""Probuzhdenie Flory"") is a ""ballet anacréontique"" in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo, to a libretto written by Petipa and Lev Ivanov. First presented by the Imperial Ballet at Peterhof Palace on . ""Le Réveil de Flore"" was produced for the celebrations held at Peterhof Palace in honor of the wedding of Emperor Alexander III's daughter the Grand Duchess Xenia to the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. The ballet was soon transferred to the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky"
"Le baiser de la fée Le baiser de la fée (""The Fairy's Kiss"") is a ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story ""Isjomfruen"" (English: The Ice-Maiden), the work is an homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for the 35th anniversary of the composer's death. Stravinsky elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. A commission by Ida Rubinstein from 1927, the ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered"