I find it fascinating that when Igor Stravinsky premiered his
Rite of Spring in 1913 it caused a riot in the theater. The music began cool and calm and erupted into a terrifying chorus of horns, drums, strings. The audience had never heard such sounds and went completely ape shit. There are rumors that during the chaos Stravinsky hid behind stage and wept. After that night people thought he was a monster. He did a second premier around a week later and people lined the streets eager to find out what caused such ruckus. They had heard stories of how this wild new music drove normal people into madmen and prepared accordingly. There was no riot at the second preimer of
Rite of Spring. Rumors say that he was even carried out of the theater by and adoring crowd.
This song isn't exactly my 'cup of tea' but I'm blown away by the story behind it.
Here's some of the more raucous parts of it
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.To be honest, I'm not much of a fan of classical music itself but I'm really into
the stories behind the music. Particularly Beethoven and his hearing loss.
It's boggles my mind how he composed so many great songs while being totally deaf.
Here's my favorite Beethoven song (Moonlight Sonata) paired with one of my favorite skateboarders (Pat Brennan).
May they both rest in peace
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