I'm madly in love with the Rite of Spring, but I don't know why. Anybody care to explain what Stravinsky was going for?
>>74055556
read the story and find out
>>74055940
You're no fun. I was hoping for personal interpretations instead of scholarly doxa.
>>74055556
Its a prophecy of the coming of SpaceGhostPurrp (born in april)
>>74055556
harmonic Dissonance my nigga. its a technique
>>74056648
Interesting! Got any examples?
>>74056501
fine, stravvy drags tonal harmony through the depths of hell while ripping it apart until it is barely hanging on by an inch of its life in order to convey the primal ecstasy of pagan hedonism as a young girl, chosen by fate, dances herself to death as tribute to mother earth
>>74056974
Now you're talking!
>>74055556
He was trying to warn us about the cold war
sounds like aliens to me
>>74057070
Somehow I don't feel you're pulling my leg. Elaborate?
>>74056837
dissonance is everywhere in music but people only really started to use it liberally during the late 18th century
try prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto for a similar sense of slight tonal grounding while destroying nearly everything else about it
>>74057116
Thank you, senpai. Will do.
>>74057106
On 2nd thought it does seem oddly plausible
>>74057193
At the very least, it's a clash between west (classical music) and east (russian paganism)
>>74057164
enjoy the cadenza that takes up the last half of the first movement, it's probably my favorite part in any piano concerto
>>74057337
Oh my god... When the horns kick in...