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]
- 1905 - Richard Strauss - Salomé (particularly the Met production in New York)[citation needed]
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (ballet)[3][4]
- 1914 - Luigi Russolo - The Art of Noises[5]
- 1917 - Erik Satie - Parade[6]
- 1923 - Erwin Schulhoff - Ogelala[citation needed]
- 1923 - Edgard Varèse - Hyperprism[7]
- 1926 - George Antheil - Ballet Mécanique
- 1926 - Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin (ballet)[8]
- 1926 - Maurice Ravel - Chansons madécasses[citation needed]
- 1968 - Hans Werner Henze - Das Floß der Medusa[9]
- 1973 - Steve Reich - Four Organs[10]
[edit] References
- ^ The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (1993)
- ^ http://www.hberlioz.com/Special/cwasselin_1e.htm
- ^ 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. http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/L/1/1.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ CD liner notes, Das Floss der Medusa, DG 1996
- ^ Schonberg, Harold C., "Music: A Concert Fuss: Music by Reich Causes a Vocal Reaction," New York Times, January 20, 1973.
[edit] See also
- Succès de scandale
- Claque - Claqueurs could be hired for booing, by someone opposing a performance.
