Classical music riot
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A classical music riot is violent, disorderly behavior that occurs upon (usually) the premiere of a controversial piece of classical music.
Examples include:
- 1830 – Daniel Auber – La muette de Portici (opera, sparked the Belgian Revolution)[1]
- 1838 – Hector Berlioz – Benvenuto Cellini[2]
- 1861 - Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser (opera) (The Paris Opera premiere)
- 1905 – Richard Strauss – Salome (particularly the 1907 Metropolitan Opera production in New York)
- 1913 - Alban Berg - Altenberg Lieder[3]
- 1913 – Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (ballet)[4][5]
- 1913 – Francesco Balilla Pratella – Musica Futurista[6]
- 1917 – Erik Satie – Parade (ballet)[7]
- 1923 – Edgard Varèse – Hyperprism[8]
- 1924 – George Antheil – Ballet Mécanique
- 1926 – Béla Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin (ballet)[9]
- 1954 - Edgard Varèse – Déserts
- 1968 – Hans Werner Henze – Das Floß der Medusa[10]
- 1973 - Steve Reich - "Four Organs" [11][12]
References [edit]
- ^ The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden (1993)
- ^ Benvenuto Cellini, by Christian Wasselin, 2004
- ^ Barker, Andrew (1997). "Battles of the Mind", The Cambridge Companion to Berg, p. 24. Pople, Anthony, ed. ISBN 0-521-56489-1.
- ^ Radio Lab, Show 202: Musical Language, Host/Producer Jad Abumrad, Co-Host Robert Krulwich, Producer Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor
- ^ Pieter C. van den Toorn, "Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring", Chapter 1: Point of Order
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0003_satie/satie.shtml
- ^ http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/composers/V/EdgarVarese.html
- ^ Vinton, John (January 1964). "The Case of the Miraculous Mandarin". The Musical Quarterly L (1): 1–17. doi:10.1093/mq/L.1.1. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ CD liner notes, Das Floss der Medusa, DG 1996
- ^ Byrnes, Sholto (October 2, 2006). "The face Steve Reich". The Times (London). Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ Terry Gross, Steve Reich (2006-10-06). Fresh Air from WHYY: Steve Reich at 70 (RealPlayer Stream (SMIL)). Philadelphia: NPR.
See also [edit]
- Succès de scandale
- Claque – Claqueurs could be hired for booing, by someone opposing a performance.
