Abstract
The Nationalist Period, the Neoclassical Period, and the Dodecaphony music (or Twelve Tone Music) Period are three important periods in the life of the Russian-born American music composer Stravinsky. The ballet The Rite of Spring, which was composed during the “Nationalist Period”, has become a classic work in the history of music for its original composition, ingenious layout and bold innovative spirit, and has become an outstanding landmark work because of its uniqueness and exclusiveness. It also had a significant impact on twentieth-century Western music and contemporary world music. In order to analyse, explain, summarise and outline the “unique charm” and “artistic significance” of this epoch-making work of The Rite of Spring, this article has its focus on the following aspects such as the background of the composition, its musical features (harmony, orchestration, melody, structure, etc.) and its aesthetic characteristics.
Highlights
Stravinsky’s famous music work The Rite of Spring is regarded as one of the important compositions in the world
The ballet The Rite of Spring, which was composed during the “Nationalist Period”, has become a classic work in the history of music for its original composition, ingenious layout and bold innovative spirit, and has become an outstanding landmark work because of its uniqueness and exclusiveness
Explain, summarise and outline the “unique charm” and “artistic significance” of this epoch-making work of The Rite of Spring, this article has its focus on the following aspects such as the background of the composition, its musical features and its aesthetic characteristics
Summary
Stravinsky’s famous music work The Rite of Spring is regarded as one of the important compositions in the world. This music work contains the typical music features of “neoclassicism music” which had been appeared during the early 20th century. In order to do an appropriate research job for the music work The Rite of Spring, a great deal of resources which are relevant to the relative academic works or journal articles have been studied. Those materials include Stravinsky’s creative aesthetic thoughts, strategic conceptions and compositional skills for this unique music piece. This research project will focus on generating and refining what factors contribute to the particular success of Stravinsky’s great music production The Rite of Spring in terms of the rhythm or meter, harmony, melody, instrumentation design and so on
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