Listening Example #14
The Augers of Spring: Dances of Young Girls from The Rite of Spring
Written by Igor Stravinsky in 1913
Some useful links on the background of this piece:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring
http://library.thinkquest.org/21702/lite/rite.html
http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/rite.html
Please post you critiques by 5:oopm on Wednesday, November 7th.
October 31st, 2007
21 Comments Add your own
1. SR | November 1st, 2007 at 7:46 am
this song “The Rite of Spring” was written Igor Stravinsky in the early 1900’s. when played in france, the critics absolutly hated it. riots broke out and the concert had to be halted.
What i heard in this song were many of the same instruments playing almost as if it were a “round”. for example; the strings played te part which sounded like jaws, then piccolo french horn, flute etc. cam in and played, then stopped soon after and the strings played again.
i thought this song was incredible, but i can see why people hated it in the early 1900’s. this song was a little weird concidering it sounded as if there were almost no true harmonies or melodies. i wouldnt recomend this sog for parties…
2. AK | November 1st, 2007 at 7:49 am
From the Augers of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls is”The Rite of Spring,” composed by Igor Stravinsky. In 1910, Stravinsky decided to base the ballet on the pagan ritual of sacrificing a virgin woman in order for the spring to come. It was first performed in 1913, its Russian title meaning “Sacred Spring.”
In this piece I heard violins, violas, cellos, basses, percussion (especially the timpany - and a triangle) tubas, french horns, trumpets, trumbones, flutes, alto-flute, clarinet, bassoon, contra-bassoon, other clarinet-type instruments, piccolo - in other words, a full professional orchestra that any music teacher would wish for. Pretty sure there was a piano; what’s a piece without a piano?
Personally, this hour-long composition scared me first. Especially the violins and their short, dark notes they play, similar to what you hear in Jaws’ theme song. However, when it switched from dark and menacing to soothing with the woodwinds, you realize that this piece really is one of a mastermind’s.
3. NR | November 1st, 2007 at 7:50 am
the Rite of Spring was a ballet written by Igore Stravinsky. Pieces from this song were used for themes in movies; such as the movie Jaws. The first performece of this song was ended shortly because of an outraged audience that believed the instruments should differntly. Shortly after this event The Rite of Spring was deemed the worst written music ever.
In the music, the basumes played high. Also I heard a bass clarinet play in the song, and stringed instruments. Later on in the song I heard fimilare parts in which were used for themes in movies like Jaws.
I tought The Rite Of Spring was a good song. A lot of parts were fimilare to me
4. cs | November 1st, 2007 at 7:51 am
This piece of music is called Augers of Spring:Dances of young girls from the rite of spring. Written by Stravinsky in 1913. It means Scared Spring.
I heard someone playing the drums. It started off with basson.
I also heard a french horn, violins, and clarinets.
I didn’t i like this piece of music. I didn’t like it because it sounded like a shark was going to attack me.
5. AB | November 1st, 2007 at 7:51 am
This piece is called Dances of the Young girls from the Rite of Spring. It was composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1913. Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. When Stravinsky wrote this piece, nobody liked it and a riot started in Paris.
In this piece I heards a bassoon that played very high which was very unusual back then. There were also a lot of solos. I heard bassoons, clarinets, french horns, an orchestra, flutes, and a lot of percussion.
I didn’t like this song. It wasn’t my type of song. I am not a fan of scary songs. This song sounded scary because a lot of movies copied it. That is why this piece also sounded very familiar.
6. sl | November 1st, 2007 at 7:52 am
This ballet called the Right of Spring whose Russian translation means sacred spring was composed by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It premiered on May 29, 1913 in Paris. A lot of this ballet is about appreciating the earth.
The instruments I heard were, violins, cellos, bassoons, flutes, piccolos, tymphonies, violas, clarinets, and more. A lot of the parts the violin and cello played were harmony for the other woodwind instruments.
My opinion of the song was that it was kind of bewildering in a way. So many different instruments were playing different parts at the same time that I wasn’t so sure what was going on. But overall the performance was good.
7. HB | November 1st, 2007 at 7:53 am
This piece is called Dances of Young Girls from The Rite of Spring. It was written by Igor Stravinsky. It was written in 1930. It was written for a ballet. This song is very dark.
In the song i heard flutes, bassons, violins. There was a piano drums and a triangle. I also heard french horns and piccilos. There were many of the same instumuments playing.
I hated this piece. It was too scary. I hyave hreasd this tune in movies and they are all scary. This song was well composed but i didn’t like it very much.
8. GA | November 1st, 2007 at 7:54 am
This piece of music is called Augers of Spring:Dances of young girls from the rite of spring. Written by Stravinsky in 1913. It means Scared Spring.
I heard someone playing the drums. It started off with basson.
I also heard a french horn, violins, and clarinets.
I liked this piece of music, because it was very loud and i felt ike it had woke me up. It reminded me of a whole bunch of times when i have gotten in fights with my brothers.
9. RG | November 1st, 2007 at 7:55 am
“the Rite of Spring was a piece written by Igor Stravinsky and written in 1913.When it was first played in Paris it caused a huge riot.
In this piece it started out with a basson playing a high note. Then the other winds came in. I recognized music from “Jaws”.
I don’t see why it caused a riot. I thought it was good, but long.
10. AS | November 1st, 2007 at 7:55 am
The piece Rite of Spring was written by Igor Stravinsky and was welcomed by the critics in an unenviable manner. It was absolutely hated, and it was recommennded that Stravinsky be hung.
Many instrument scould be heard in this piece. There were violins, cellos, flutes, clarinets, bassoons, brass, and other instruments.
While this piece was absolutely incredible, i wouldnt listen to it on a regular basis. It is not the kind of music i normaly listen to.
11. LR | November 1st, 2007 at 7:56 am
This piece is called Dances of Young Girls from The Rite of Spring which was written by Igor Stravinsky in 1913. On the opening night of the ballet, some of the audience did not like it, and boos and aplause could be heard throughout the theater. Some members of the audience turned their disaggreements into violence. But in the 21st century, this piece is seen as the masterpiece of the 20th century.
In the piece I heard many instruments, such as bassoons, voilins, flutes, all types of clarinets, franch horns, cellos, trumpets, trombones, and precussion.
I particularly did not like this piece. It was very dark, and I do not normally listen to this music. It was very “all over the place” and just not for me.
12. ED | November 1st, 2007 at 7:57 am
This piece from the RIte of Spring premiered in Paris in 1913. This piece ws written by Igor StravinskyThis was ballet. A lot of this ballet is about appreciating the earth.
The instruments I heard were, violins, cellos, bassoons, flutes, piccolos, tymphonies, violas, clarinets, and more. A lot of the parts the violin and cello played were harmony for the other woodwind instruments.
My opinion of the song was that it was kind of straange in the fact that so many instruments were playing all at once. At some points the music seemed scary. I would never listen to this again if I could help it.
13. AM BW | November 1st, 2007 at 8:21 am
This piece was written in the 20th century. It is written by Igor Stravinsky. In this piece, Igor uses music to make you feel scared, like a horror or something.
In the piece, I hear a lot of instraments like the oboe, piccolo, alto flute, violins, bass, trumpets, trombones, french horns, drums, and clarinets.
We do not like this piece that much. When all the music played together, it sounded like a train reck. What we did like about it was that he had a huge variety of instraments.
14. D.j. | November 1st, 2007 at 8:22 am
this song is written by ior stravinsky. It was written in the 20th century. nobody liked it. whn it when into the 21st cntury everybody thought it was the best.
I heard obes and violins and french horns. It was a litle scary at the end. it went from a low pitch to a really high pitch and it kind of shot up at the beginning. it also had a lot of parts where their was no music at all
I don’t like this song. i got very scared. i thought a monster was going to pop out. i thought it could of been better. now i know why the people in the 20th century did not like it.
15. LMB and SL | November 1st, 2007 at 8:24 am
The name of the piece that we lisitned to in class is the Rite of Spring. It was written by Igor Stravinsky and was made to be a ballet. Not a lot of people liked this piece of music in the 20th century.
We heard and saw violins, cellos, bassoons, flutes, clarinets, drums, and a lot more.
We did not like this piece because most of the music that we listen to now is lively and we felt this song is dull and dark. we also think that this piece was too random.
16. A.W.& E.S. | November 1st, 2007 at 8:25 am
This piece was written by Igor Stravinsky from the lbum Le sacre du printemps, which means The Rite of Spring. This piece was conducted by Pierre Bouiez.
Throuhgout this piece we heard many intruments. I heard clarinets, violins, triangles, chellos, and many other intruments. The music was very exciting and would fade out and then come back to life. At, times, the music would be soft and sweet, but then became loud and violent. The pitch also went from very high to very deep so it varied.
During this piece we found it was very difficult to focus because most of the time it was slow and then because very fast. Everythng keep switching so it was hard to actually enjoy the music. However, some intruments sounded very nice together. Overall, this piece was hard to listen to adn hard to enjoy.
17. jk-sl | November 1st, 2007 at 8:28 am
The piece we listened to was called Le Sacre du Printemps, translated into the Rite of Spring. The Rite of Spring was conducted by Peirre Boulez in 1993 but was written in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky. This piece was about young women forced to dance until their death, as sacrifices.
While listening to this piece, we realilzed tht it started out very slow and very soft. Then all of a sudden, the clarinet came in and made the entire piece louder and stronger. Then, other deep instruments came into the piece, and then went back to being high. Violins came in, and the sound reminded us of the sound of the women falling and suffering from dancing so long. It sounded like moaning and crying in a certain spot. This piece sounded spooky at some points also. The music sounded like it belonged in a horror movie, and yet, some parts were cheerful and high. It alternated with being happy and sad, and a lot of instruments were involved. Some instruments we heard were violins, flutes, clarinets, harps, triangles, drums, bass, trumpets, and many others.
Compared to other symphonies this one was more exciting. We didn’t like it because it was too dramatic and scary. It hurt our ears because at some parts it was really slow and soft than all of a sudden it became fast and loud. We felt that the tune and the tempo changed too often, and that distracted us from concentratung on nthe actual piece of music.
18. sh | November 1st, 2007 at 8:34 am
The song was made in the 20th century. It is writen by Igor Stravinsky. It is aposta sound like a scary sound in music. The guy made it so it goes like there nothing near you and then something comes out and gets you.
I heard alot of different interrensing sounds. The music was were good and needs more drums in it. SOme parts it went silent then went really loud.
I didnt like it because it was to scary. It need some 50 cent in there to rap. The video was good thow. Other then all that it was pertty good.
19. H.J. | November 1st, 2007 at 8:36 am
The Augers of Spring: Dances of Young Girls from The Rite of Spring was written by Igor Stravinsky in 1913. It is a ballet and it was conducted by Pierre Bouiez.
In the piece, there were many instruments. I heard violins, cellos, clarinets, flutes, and drums. The music sounded extremely violent.
I did not like this piece at all, it sounded like a loud mess. It was way too loud and irritating. Too many instruments make it sound too loud. I thought it sounded horrible. I like soft,quiet music better.
20. c.p. | November 1st, 2007 at 4:47 pm
the piece of music we heard in class is from the Augers of spring: Dances of the young girls “The Rite of Spring” written by Igor Stravinsky in 1913 in France.
i heard violins, clarinets, bassoons, flutes, cellos, piccolos and violas… and I’m not sure if there was more instruments but thats what i heard.
i like some pieces of opera, but this piece its a bit of a mess. i don’t like it very much. i don’t like the melody and i don’t like the way they do it.. they put the same kind of melody first slow and then fast and low and loud and dense… thats what i mean with a mess.
21. J.H. | November 6th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
The piece we listened to in class was called Le Sacre du Printemps, which translates to the Rite of Spring. The Augers of Spring: Dances of Young Girls from The Rite of Spring was conducted by Peirre Boulez in 1993 but was written in 1913 in France by Igor Stravinsky. This piece was about young women forced to dance until their death, as sacrifices.
In this piece, I heard violins, cellos, clarinets, bassoons, flutes, piccolos, violas, trumpets, trombones, french horns, oboes, harps, timpanis, a triangle and other percussion instruments.
Usually, I do not like like operas, and this is no exception. This piece was irritating to put it in nicest terms. The violinists plucking their violins annoyed the crud out of me, and the timpani part sounded like the guy was trying to play a drum set. It went from low in the beginning to very high in the end, like the guy couldn’t make up his mind about what he wanted. I fully agree with the critics who hated this piece ninety-four years ago.
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