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Did you know? Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" caused a real riot at its 1913 Paris premiere (29 May) — angry audience, fistfights, screams, police called. The music's chopped rhythms and brutal orchestrations were too radical. Today it sits in every top-10 of the 20th century.

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Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" caused a real riot at its 1913 Paris premiere (29 May) — angry audience, fistfights, screams, police called. The music's chopped rhythms and brutal orchestrations were too radical. Today it sits in every top-10 of the 20th century.

Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" veroorzaakte op de première in Parijs (29 mei 1913) een echte rel — boos publiek, geslagen, geschreeuwd, politie ingeschakeld. De muziek met haar gehakte ritmes en wrede orkestraties was te radicaal. Vandaag staat het in elke top-10 van de 20e eeuw.

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