The Harmonic Organization of the Rite of Spring

by Allen Forte

Book Overview

When The Rite of Spring was first performed in Paris in 1913, it was greeted with a riot. After the shouting died down, it became possible to discern that Igor Stravinsky had created a monument of modern music, and the work has been universally regarded as such for half a century. Although it is widely studied in classes in music theory, no effort has yet been made to comprehend the extraordinary way in which its pitch materials are organized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300105371
• ISBN13: 9780300105377
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"