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    The Rite of Spring (Russian 'sacred spring') is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the 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 and a near-riot in the audience. Although designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.
    Stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when Diaghilev recruited him to create works for the Ballets Russes. The Rite was the third such project, after the acclaimed Firebird (1910) and Petrushka (1911). The concept behind The Rite of Spring, developed by Roerich from Stravinsky's outline idea, is suggested by its subtitle, "Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts"; in the scenario, after various primitive rituals celebrating the advent of spring, a young girl is chosen as a sacrificial victim and dances herself to death. After a mixed critical reception for its original run and a short London tour, the ballet was not performed again until the 1920s, when a version choreographed by Léonide Massine replaced Nijinsky's original. Massine's was the forerunner of many innovative productions directed by the world's leading ballet-masters, which gained the work worldwide acceptance. In the 1980s, Nijinsky's original choreography, long believed lost, was reconstructed by the Joffrey Ballet in Los Angeles.
    Stravinsky's score contains many novel features for its time, including experiments in tonality, metre, rhythm, stress and dissonance. Analysts have noted in the score a significant grounding in Russian folk music, a relationship Stravinsky tended to deny. The music has influenced many of the 20th-century's leading composers and is one of the most recorded works in the classical repertoire.
    Created by Jay Bacal using samples by Vienna Symphonic Library.
    VSL website: vsl.co.at

КОМЕНТАРІ • 209

  • @philip.stigaard
    @philip.stigaard 4 роки тому +80

    How many trills?
    Stravinsky: *Y E S*

  • @ionianmusic
    @ionianmusic 6 років тому +223

    0:04 - A kiss of the earth
    3:16 - Augars of Spring
    6:24 - Ritual of Abduction
    7:40 - Spring Rounds (my favorite part)
    11:20 - Ritual of the Rival Tribes
    13:02 - Procession of the Oldest and isest one
    13:45 - A kiss of the earth (the oldest and wisest one)
    14:08 - The dancing out of the earth

    • @Poempedoempoex
      @Poempedoempoex 3 роки тому +5

      You only butchered like half of those

    • @me_is_hobo
      @me_is_hobo 3 роки тому +5

      I just wish this video had the rest of the piece

    • @capn_l
      @capn_l Рік тому

      Spring rounds is saurr good

  • @Andrei.Christop
    @Andrei.Christop 4 роки тому +99

    The people freaking out because it's so dissonant... I cannot understand how could this be a bad thing. I believe Stravinsky's music is ahead of the common sense of beauty and harmony. As we study and learn how to compose and appreciate music, we start to understand that people are actually not ready for certain types of music because it is outside of their boxes (and there's nothing wrong with it), and they'll stick to their own style and tastes.
    I don't want to look like the pseudo intellectual musician, but Rite of Spring is actually an outstanding work and the genius behind it got what he wanted when he created this. He got a great and beautiful work that can be appreciated but also disturbing.
    That quote about his arrangement of "The Star Spangled Banner" actually applies perfectly to THIS work:
    *"The striking chord changes may be disturbing to layman's ears."*

    • @darkhafgor
      @darkhafgor 4 роки тому +12

      Tbh the piece itself is not bad, it just makes me... uneasy, not like Rachmaninoffs Red Riding Hood uneasy, just like, disturbing

    • @GUILLOM
      @GUILLOM 4 роки тому

      @@twopie6911 HI

    • @amoryblaine2123
      @amoryblaine2123 4 роки тому +4

      I agree. When I got introduced into classical music I found chopins waltzes very pleasing or the nocturnes or even some film scores. As I heard more I got to bigger longer pieces. Chopins Ballades or Scherzos or Sonatas later to Liszt to his bigger pieces and later to more complex and dissonant pieces.
      I found impressionistic pieces that dont follow the rules of Bach or Beethoven. For example Ravel. At first it was weird and hard to like now I love it. I found Schoenberg and Scriabin and now I will learn how to understand and like Stravinsky.

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 3 роки тому +3

      The actual reason for the riot was the coreography of the ballet rather than the music.

    • @excuseyou7198
      @excuseyou7198 3 роки тому +1

      @@twopie6911 Nah, I think the choreography was supposed to make people feel uneasy.

  • @mandrake1993
    @mandrake1993 5 років тому +186

    stravinsky making black midi before it was cool 6:10

  • @oturoscar9346
    @oturoscar9346 3 роки тому +28

    I’m so obseesed with this I can literally pair all the bits of music to everything in the ballet

    • @v_munu
      @v_munu Рік тому

      SAME especially for Part 2

  • @vesteel
    @vesteel 8 років тому +159

    10/10 would trill again and again

    • @musik350
      @musik350 4 роки тому +5

      and again and again

    • @m.n.1481
      @m.n.1481 4 роки тому +4

      and again and again and again and again and again

    • @happypiano4810
      @happypiano4810 4 роки тому +4

      and again and again and again and again and again and again and again......

    • @omnitone
      @omnitone 3 роки тому +1

      hi vesteel

    • @MicoAquinoComposer
      @MicoAquinoComposer 2 роки тому +3

      And again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again

  • @drakands8452
    @drakands8452 2 роки тому +29

    Jacob Collier: Every note works with every chord
    Stravinsky: i n t e r e s t i n g

    • @theorymaster6310
      @theorymaster6310 Рік тому

      collier probably took inspiration from this guy, let’s be honest. also, it depends on what you mean by ‘works with’

  • @benrolfe8490
    @benrolfe8490 8 років тому +75

    Oh HECK YES. This really shows just how intricate this piece of music really is. Thanks so much for this one!

  • @elmanualdealex
    @elmanualdealex Місяць тому +3

    The chord in Augurs of spring.
    Someone: How many times you want to repeat that chord?
    Stravinsky: *Y E S*

  • @viola4344
    @viola4344 5 років тому +23

    In this piece, the horns are in Old Notation, meaning that everything in bass clef transposes up a fourth instead of down a fifth. For example, you have the lower 4 horns an 8ve to low at 3:16.

    • @me_is_hobo
      @me_is_hobo 2 роки тому +5

      I love how your profile picture is the bassoon solo

  • @filipbed8592
    @filipbed8592 6 років тому +50

    12:35!😮

  • @theend7339
    @theend7339 7 років тому +62

    i love me some dissonances. also the strings and brass section at 3:16 sound awesome

    • @r0mmm
      @r0mmm 3 роки тому +2

      That is really a Epic Moment

  • @yourself5000
    @yourself5000 6 років тому +9

    actually my favorite thing ever

  • @cerealbowl7038
    @cerealbowl7038 4 роки тому +8

    In this piece, the Horns are written in Old Notation, meaning that all Bass Clef passages transpose up a fourth instead of down a fifth. For example, at the beginning of the Augurs of Spring, you should have the bottom four Horns an octave higher.

  • @mariothepookster
    @mariothepookster Рік тому +4

    Incredible! A wonderful way of allowing others to perceive the structure and harmony of this 20th Century composition by Igor Stravinsky. Yes, one could follow using composition’s score. But, this provides another way to understand or explore it. Thank you. Must have been a lot of work to do so.

  • @Snardbafulator
    @Snardbafulator 7 років тому +19

    Fans of this (count me in) should check out musanim's graphical score to the same Jay Bacal MIDI version (he also renders the entire piece). Since the really quick notes don't blink off and on, you actually get a little more visual information ...

  • @user-mn3wo2be8k
    @user-mn3wo2be8k 7 років тому +210

    just remember that this is about a girl forced to dance herself to death.

    • @hmoridejrgen6227
      @hmoridejrgen6227 7 років тому +9

      Can you elaborate?

    • @nate150
      @nate150 6 років тому +13

      It was the image Stravinsky was trying to capture when composing this.

    • @karlpoppins
      @karlpoppins 5 років тому +48

      Not just that, it's the literal choreography (yes, this is a ballet) that calls for a young girl to be 'sacrificed' by dancing herself to death.

    • @SaxandRelax
      @SaxandRelax 4 роки тому +1

      they don’t have a recording of the full ballet on youtube

    • @arnavanand8037
      @arnavanand8037 4 роки тому +5

      This is about the rituals of the pagan russians. I think the story is true
      Edit: it's a myth congrats

  • @kristinaj5356
    @kristinaj5356 Рік тому +3

    I would be very grateful if you could make a second part of this wonderful piece
    🫶

  • @interex956
    @interex956 8 місяців тому +2

    6:08 - that texture!!!

  • @dedede5586
    @dedede5586 2 роки тому +4

    11:35 damn you almost never hear that crunch in recordings!!!

  • @MochaDaisy8645
    @MochaDaisy8645 2 роки тому +6

    Those “orange” notes that start at about 12:46 and continue for almost another minute (before other such notes in a higher register come in) can be heard on “Stone Flower” by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on an album of the same name (1970)

    • @nataliacatraio6107
      @nataliacatraio6107 Рік тому +1

      Got broken the color drop at 12:46

    • @MochaDaisy8645
      @MochaDaisy8645 Рік тому

      Got broken the color drop? Not sure what you mean

    • @nataliacatraio6107
      @nataliacatraio6107 Рік тому +1

      @@MochaDaisy8645 The colors dropping to the keys got broken Also at Ritual of abduction the bang part

    • @MochaDaisy8645
      @MochaDaisy8645 Рік тому

      I had to find the time stamp for Ritual of Abduction, now I see what you mean. I kept it going and listened to Spring Rounds, for which I never pass up an opportunity

  • @oceancheung6139
    @oceancheung6139 6 років тому +8

    Thanks for making this midi🙏🏻🙏🏻, I have seen the score video many times but it is too complicated and the score is too small to read on my phone. With this midi, I can actually get to understand more about what are different instruments are doing as you have indicated different instruments with different colours. I appreciate this a lot. Btw, the colours make the piece even more exotic😂👍🏻

  • @MochaDaisy8645
    @MochaDaisy8645 2 роки тому +1

    Just watched this video today and I was both thrilled and beyond pleased! Thanks so much for uploading it when you did

  • @fluffly3606
    @fluffly3606 2 роки тому +3

    People like to say this piece and by proxy the composer Stravinsky represent an enlightened standard of musicality most of humanity still has not reached to this day, but I believe Occam's Razor applies here and we should realize that participating in a human sacrifice ritual is not a particularly consonant set of emotions

    • @Snardbafulator
      @Snardbafulator 4 місяці тому +1

      People enjoy horror movies. Shakespearean tragedies have blood soaked endings. When we experience these things, we're not "participating" in the horror or bloodshed. Nicholas Roerich's pseudo-anthropology is not to be taken literally.

  • @glarewin9779
    @glarewin9779 7 років тому +6

    Please make the second part!

  • @armandoramos3106
    @armandoramos3106 3 роки тому +1

    La idea de representar con colores los diversos instrumentos sobre el teclado del piano me ha parecido innovadora y genial. La obra de Stravinski no tiene parangón. Felicidades!

  • @michaeldunn6473
    @michaeldunn6473 4 роки тому +7

    5:26 is beautiful

  • @RichardViard
    @RichardViard 3 місяці тому

    Recording and visualization are amazing. I just wish you had also visualized the dynamics, like having the colors fainter when soft and brighter when loud.

  • @snailgamer6534
    @snailgamer6534 3 роки тому +2

    Just browsing and found the dinosaurs from Fantasia! Neat!

  • @angelhernandezgonzalez6535
    @angelhernandezgonzalez6535 3 роки тому +2

    I'm still waiting for the video of the second half of this piece.

  • @cygnetsong7908
    @cygnetsong7908 2 роки тому +1

    On beat!

  • @komamuuusan
    @komamuuusan 3 роки тому +5

    9:47 I like this !

  • @artofthepossible7329
    @artofthepossible7329 4 роки тому

    Talk about madness, how fitting.

  • @notnipneb2810
    @notnipneb2810 Рік тому

    I love how to description says “learn to play the songs you love”

  • @andreacassano3991
    @andreacassano3991 4 роки тому +6

    I hate having to say this because I love this video, but english horn is a woodwind instrument 😇

  • @glarewin9779
    @glarewin9779 8 років тому +52

    When will the second part be finished?

  • @looney1023
    @looney1023 Рік тому +3

    This is so cool! You can really see the interplay and angular patterns of each part. Any plans to tackle the second act?

  • @labanoonallartistsfc9032
    @labanoonallartistsfc9032 7 років тому +1

    OMG! I loved it!

  • @Ivan_1791
    @Ivan_1791 6 років тому +32

    2:36 First black midi of the history. :)

    • @omnitone
      @omnitone 6 років тому +2

      Álex Gómez
      nope. black midis have to be only one instrument and cant be in a orchestra and this is also playable so it definitely doesn't fit.
      edit: your comment also has bad grammar

    • @ronmor2004
      @ronmor2004 6 років тому +17

      THE jake360 he just wrote a funny comment, no need to be so picky...
      By the way, your comment also has bad grammar- you have written "a orchestra", when it should be "an orchestra", which means you are a "hypocrite".

    • @omnitone
      @omnitone 6 років тому

      Ron Morgunov
      it cant be a funny comment if its not funny. its a bit offensive to since i was a fan of black midis for a short time. but you probably don't care, because im apparently (in your words) a "hypocrite".

    • @pianoromano1640
      @pianoromano1640 6 років тому +8

      @@omnitone you sound like a hypocrite

    • @omnitone
      @omnitone 6 років тому

      pianofucboi
      a m i n o w

  • @succodigelato2119
    @succodigelato2119 Рік тому +2

    3:25 this part is awesome

  • @XadiXGaming
    @XadiXGaming 4 роки тому +1

    Very Good! Nice work!!

  • @gabril7297
    @gabril7297 7 років тому

    Best of Stravinskij

  • @andrewprawat8199
    @andrewprawat8199 7 років тому +5

    8:16 reminds me of the divine comedy by robert w smith

  • @i.pezzotti853
    @i.pezzotti853 5 років тому +13

    12:36

  • @metrocore76
    @metrocore76 7 років тому

    Exciting!

  • @bowlerrollercoaster
    @bowlerrollercoaster Рік тому +2

    3:15 this part goes so hard lol

  • @chileansaurius2531
    @chileansaurius2531 5 років тому +1

    Masterpiece!!

  • @mrbenoit5018
    @mrbenoit5018 3 роки тому

    Watching these does weird things to my vision

  • @OptimusSmyth
    @OptimusSmyth Рік тому

    If you watch this video, go to another tab and you'll see the screen stretch vertically. Feels so weird.

  • @svetofor5018
    @svetofor5018 7 років тому +1

    Please do Symphony In Three Movements of Stravinsky too please,
    Thank you

  • @roku401
    @roku401 3 роки тому +4

    How long does this dissonance last?
    Until the end, my dear!!!

  • @keatonburton5636
    @keatonburton5636 Рік тому +2

    Where's Act Two?

  • @emadmary4271
    @emadmary4271 4 роки тому +1

    The problem is what gives the music meaning is the title for each section that implements an image while you're listening but they aren't mentioned so it sounds strange

  • @AntoBeaw
    @AntoBeaw 3 роки тому +1

    You should do "The firebird" also of Stravinsky

  • @pianobossofmidi9593
    @pianobossofmidi9593 Рік тому +1

    12:16 My favorite

  • @user-ty1jx3qz8q
    @user-ty1jx3qz8q 4 роки тому

    nice

  • @mjsettles
    @mjsettles 7 років тому +7

    Haha, I started to play along to the blue devils 2013 snare part around 3:16

  • @viola4344
    @viola4344 5 років тому +3

    Will you ever do part 2?

  • @PrismaPog_17
    @PrismaPog_17 2 роки тому +1

    Lets be honest, we all came to see that crazy thumbnail.

  • @unoriginal422
    @unoriginal422 3 роки тому +1

    *insert riot here*

  • @NicholasVetter-sy8io
    @NicholasVetter-sy8io Рік тому +1

    Hey, can you do a second part to include Glorification of The Chosen One?

  • @omnitone
    @omnitone 3 роки тому

    this is metal af ngl

  • @_rstcm
    @_rstcm 3 роки тому +3

    For blind people - orchestra
    For deaf people - black midi

    • @loren8888
      @loren8888 Рік тому

      For everyone else: Rite of Spring

  • @_rstcm
    @_rstcm 3 роки тому +2

    Where is the second part????!!!!

  • @IndependentMind115
    @IndependentMind115 3 роки тому +1

    You sure as hell know that when your Space Invaders Galaga screen is in Stravinsky mode, you're fucked.

  • @horowizard
    @horowizard 3 роки тому +2

    Wait a minute.. At 3:19 you have the 8 French Horns sounding lower than the Contrabasses??? That can't be right.

  • @eddieandmaxie
    @eddieandmaxie 10 місяців тому +1

    Can i just say that the bass clar solo here: 1:28 feels out of place but it also sounds good

  • @keithkunikida1222
    @keithkunikida1222 3 роки тому +1

    Can you do the second part?

  • @tomasitto299
    @tomasitto299 3 роки тому +4

    If you came for thumbnail 12:30

  • @t.williams3682
    @t.williams3682 3 роки тому +3

    what key? great job, it’s so lovely!!

    • @Freun
      @Freun 2 роки тому +9

      What key? YES

  • @foxfire7779
    @foxfire7779 7 років тому +4

    how part 2?

  • @farahadaci6195
    @farahadaci6195 6 років тому +3

    That’s great and all but where are the dinosaurs?

  • @gabrielepetrucci1081
    @gabrielepetrucci1081 Рік тому +2

    03:06

  • @domidominik7071
    @domidominik7071 3 роки тому

    Sounds pretty good for midi

    • @Snardbafulator
      @Snardbafulator 4 місяці тому

      MIDI is just a music programming language. The piece was rendered with orchestral instrument samples, so the sounds aren't synthesized.

  • @AntorasStudio
    @AntorasStudio 4 роки тому +2

    I recognize this from Fantasia

  • @mrbenoit5018
    @mrbenoit5018 4 роки тому +1

    Can you do part II?

  • @Pomni-db1lp
    @Pomni-db1lp 8 місяців тому

    starts at 3:16

  • @mano23421
    @mano23421 3 роки тому +1

    Only people who can look at their tormented and shattered pieces of mind can appreciate this music. It is the agony of living a life amid the pretentious ,judgemental modern culture.
    I think Stravinsky influenced John Williams pretty much.listen to star wars tracks.

  • @jasos64
    @jasos64 4 роки тому +2

    Soundfont?
    It sounds nice

    • @PianoCzarX
      @PianoCzarX  4 роки тому +2

      Vienna Symphonic Library

    • @jasos64
      @jasos64 4 роки тому +1

      @@PianoCzarX wow, i thought that I will get an answer 1-5 weeks.
      Thanks

    • @Freun
      @Freun 2 роки тому +1

      It's instrument

  • @Sofronichrist
    @Sofronichrist 4 роки тому

    Il n’y a qu’une partie !

  • @scaleofc1966
    @scaleofc1966 7 років тому +2

    How do you match the piece recording to the MIDI?

    • @ionianmusic
      @ionianmusic 6 років тому

      this one was actully a midi

    • @jacksonmckenna891
      @jacksonmckenna891 5 років тому +1

      They took soundfonts made from actual people playing and assigned them to specific colors according to each instrument. It sounds almost real because of this, but it’s still kind of obvious it’s not a recording if you know what to listen for

  • @elijahkalebabalde1527
    @elijahkalebabalde1527 Рік тому

    Alex Rabin and Bob London:Bacrolle King Oventure

  • @robb6560
    @robb6560 Місяць тому

    Where is part 2?

  • @Adar195
    @Adar195 7 років тому

    wonderdul...i have a request please do HWV 432 No. 6 (Passacaglia) - Handel....i would really appreciate

  • @quinnlewis2003
    @quinnlewis2003 4 роки тому +2

    5:13

  • @mohammadalshareef5730
    @mohammadalshareef5730 4 роки тому +1

    I just don't understand ? I don't know why people keep calling it a masterpiece ? I can't see no melody, no scale ,no motif ,no patterns.I just can't find a way to enjoy it!

    • @adelmakhloufi5017
      @adelmakhloufi5017 3 роки тому

      I agree with you.

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 3 роки тому +4

      It's like a puzzle. Seems complicated at first but once it "clicks", you begin to see all the repeated ideas throughout each section.

    • @theorymaster6310
      @theorymaster6310 Рік тому +2

      stupid. music isn’t about motif, scale, or pattern. It’s about sound and a general effect. This piece does give a good impression of pagan barbaric tribes. Also, this piece does have many patterns and uses scales like the octatonic scale. You’re just plain wrong in so many ways.

    • @mohammadalshareef5730
      @mohammadalshareef5730 Рік тому +1

      @TheoryMaster, When it comes to music there is no right and wrong. Many other composers critisized this piece, I just don't feel enjoying it and that's ok. By the way I wrote this comment 2 years ago. I was stupid the piece is great, there is no other piece makes you feel the way it does.

    • @seanlybisenio2231
      @seanlybisenio2231 Рік тому

      @@mohammadalshareef5730 poor you

  • @abay1worldofficial
    @abay1worldofficial 3 роки тому

    Download?

  • @plum48478
    @plum48478 2 роки тому

    Ngl this sounds like Musanim’s recording of his version.

  • @colinmccormack3586
    @colinmccormack3586 8 років тому

    great work! could you ever do tiger rag by art tatum

  • @lourdesperez4976
    @lourdesperez4976 4 роки тому

    I heard it from FANTASIA (1940)

  • @blahblah-tt5cs
    @blahblah-tt5cs 3 роки тому

    12:45 looks like a beehive

  • @michaeldunn6473
    @michaeldunn6473 4 роки тому +1

    6:32 what is happening

  • @pianobossofmidi9593
    @pianobossofmidi9593 Рік тому +1

    12:39 What

  • @hyunwoopark131
    @hyunwoopark131 4 роки тому

    Any sequals please?

  • @jaybonn5973
    @jaybonn5973 6 років тому +3

    This is a horrid piece of nonsensical notes, and I would play it over and over again for the fun of it ❤ it's beautiful

    • @theorymaster6310
      @theorymaster6310 Рік тому +1

      actually everything in this piece was calculated, but glad you enjoyed it

  • @redfishplayz4476
    @redfishplayz4476 Рік тому

    2:24
    What is that?

  • @pianobossofmidi9593
    @pianobossofmidi9593 Рік тому

    12:19 Is more Amazing

  •  5 років тому +2

    You skip my favorite part :(

  • @turkyalamri4501
    @turkyalamri4501 3 роки тому

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