Nicholas Roerich
The Rite of Spring (scenario)
Written work
The Rite of Spring (scenario)
Весна священная: картины языческой Руси
A two-part scenario—'The Adoration of the Earth' and 'The Sacrifice'—imagining a spring rite of pagan Russia that culminates in a chosen maiden dancing herself to death. Roerich contributed his archaeological and ethnographic knowledge of early Rus and first proposed the title 'The Great Sacrifice'. The Paris premiere on 29 May 1913 provoked one of the most famous scandals in the history of music.
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Authorship note
Scenario conceived by Roerich and Igor Stravinsky between 1910 and 1912 for the Ballets Russes; the music is by Stravinsky and the choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Roerich also designed the sets and costumes.
Editions and translations
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Nicholas Roerich
Le Sacre du printemps. Tableaux de la Russie païenne
The Conscious LibraryLe Sacre du printemps. Tableaux de la Russie païenne
Ballets Russes, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, París, 1913
Programa del estreno del 29 de mayo de 1913.
Other works by Nicholas Roerich
- Altai-Himalaya · 1927
- Heart of Asia · 1929
- Shambhala · 1930
- Flowers of Morya · 1921
- Realm of Light · 1931
- Gates into the Future · 1936
- The Invincible · 1936
- Himavat: Diary Leaves · 1946
- Himalayas — Abode of Light · 1947
- Beautiful Unity · 1946
- Fiery Stronghold · 1932
- Adamant · 1923
- Paths of Blessing · 1924
- Sacred Vigil · 1934
- Banner of Peace · 1934
- To the Woman's Heart · 1931
- Maitreya · 1932
- The Joy of Art · 1928
- Collected Works, Book One · 1914
- Violators of Art · 1919
- Tales and Parables · 1916
- Art and Archaeology · 1898
- Some Antiquities of the Shelon Pyatina and the Bezhetsk End · 1899
- The 1899 Excursion of the Archaeological Institute and the Finnic Burials of Saint Petersburg Province · 1900
- Some Antiquities of the Derevskaya and Bezhetsk Pyatinas · 1903
- Through the Old Days · 1904
- The Stone Age on Lake Piros · 1905
- Vigil: Letters from Asia · 1939
- Heroica · 1946
- Diary Leaves · 1995
- Diary of the Manchurian Expedition (1934–1935) · 2015
- Letters · 1998
Sources
- Taruskin, Richard. Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works through Mavra. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
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