The Adoration of the Earth

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The Adoration of the Earth is the first section of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a pagan celebration of spring through increasingly intense and rhythmically complex music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
section of a ballet
artisticDirectorAtPremiere Sergei Diaghilev
associatedWork The Sacrifice
catalogueNumber often grouped under The Rite of Spring (no separate opus number)
characteristic increasingly intense music
rhythmically complex music
choreographerAtPremiere Vaslav Nijinsky
commissionedFor Ballets Russes
composer Igor Stravinsky
dateOfPremiere 29 May 1913
depicts pagan celebration of spring
genre ballet music
hasPart Augurs of Spring – Dances of the Young Girls
linked to: Augurs of Spring

Dance of the Earth
Introduction
Procession of the Sage
Ritual of Abduction
Ritual of the Rival Tribes
Spring Rounds
The Sage
historicalContext pre-World War I Parisian avant-garde
influenced 20th-century orchestral rhythm
inScore Russian and French tempo and character markings
keyConcept ritualistic depiction of nature
language none (instrumental)
movementNumber 1
notableFeature bitonality and dissonance
complex rhythmic ostinati
irregular accents
orchestration large orchestra
partOf Part I of The Rite of Spring
linked to: The Rite of Spring

The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring: Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts
linked to: The Rite of Spring
performanceContext concert performance of The Rite of Spring
staged ballet performance
period 20th-century classical music
placeOfPremiere Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
premieredWithCostumeDesigner Nicholas Roerich
premiereReception controversial
style modernist
subjectMatter pre-Christian Slavic ritual
tempoCharacteristics frequent tempo changes

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The Rite of Spring part The Adoration of the Earth
Augurs of Spring partOfAct Part I: Adoration of the Earth
linked to: The Adoration of the Earth
Dance of the Earth partOf Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
linked to: The Adoration of the Earth