The Rite Of Spring - Revision history

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−	'''Den Simms''': '''Let me ask you somethin' else, kind of in the same vein. You obviously have quoted many times too, and you have a penchant for it, the opening notes to [Igor Stravinsky's] "The Rite Of Spring". Now, I've heard that when an orchestra plays "The Rite Of Spring", that there's this aspect of tension that settles over the orchestra, because, what is it, a bassoon that plays that note, and it's hard for him to get a good straight attack on that opening note, and everybody wonders whether he's gonna blow it or not.'''	+	'''[[Den Simms]]''': '''Let me ask you somethin' else, kind of in the same vein. You obviously have quoted many times too, and you have a penchant for it, the opening notes to [Igor Stravinsky's] "The Rite Of Spring". Now, I've heard that when an orchestra plays "The Rite Of Spring", that there's this aspect of tension that settles over the orchestra, because, what is it, a bassoon that plays that note, and it's hard for him to get a good straight attack on that opening note, and everybody wonders whether he's gonna blow it or not.'''

	'''Frank Zappa''': ''"Well, I don't know whether it's correct to say the note is not on the horn, but if it is on the horn, it is one of the most difficult notes to get out of the horn."''		'''Frank Zappa''': ''"Well, I don't know whether it's correct to say the note is not on the horn, but if it is on the horn, it is one of the most difficult notes to get out of the horn."''

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	[[File:The Rite Of Spring.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|The album recording of ''The Rite Of Spring'' Zappa encountered and listened too since his youth.]]		[[File:The Rite Of Spring.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|The album recording of ''The Rite Of Spring'' Zappa encountered and listened too since his youth.]]

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 ==Zappa and The Rite Of Spring==
-After Zappa had bought ''[[Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1]]'' by [[Edgard Varèse]] he purchased a copy of ''The Rite Of Spring''. In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' he describes its green-and-black abstract cover, with a magenta paper label with black lettering.  In ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'' he described it as a performance by the Worldwide Symphony Orchestra, released on the label Camden (Camden was a low-budget label for RCA Victor Records, while the World Wide Symphony Orchestra was pseudonym for the [[San Francisco]] Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux) <ref>http://researchblog.andremount.net/?p=15#1f</ref>: ''"It turned out to be a pretty good version of that, cause I've had about five records of that. So I had those two albums. I couldn't afford any more for like about two years and I wore 'em out. That and my R&B records, y'know I got about a thousand R&B records now and uhhh, I don't have The Rite Of Spring but I've still got the first riff."''
+After Zappa had bought ''[[Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1]]'' by [[Edgard Varèse]] he purchased a copy of ''The Rite Of Spring''. In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' he describes its green-and-black abstract cover, with a magenta paper label with black lettering.  In ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'' he described it as a performance by the Worldwide Symphony Orchestra, released on the label Camden (Camden was a low-budget label for RCA Victor Records, while [[The World-Wide Symphony Orchestra|the World Wide Symphony Orchestra]] was pseudonym for the [[San Francisco]] Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux) <ref>http://researchblog.andremount.net/?p=15#1f</ref>: ''"It turned out to be a pretty good version of that, cause I've had about five records of that. So I had those two albums. I couldn't afford any more for like about two years and I wore 'em out. That and my R&B records, y'know I got about a thousand R&B records now and uhhh, I don't have The Rite Of Spring but I've still got the first riff."''
 In 1989, during a broadcast of ''[[Castaway's Choice]]'', Zappa named ''The Rite Of Spring'' one of ten records he'd take to an deserted island with him.

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 ==Zappa and The Rite Of Spring==
-After Zappa had bought ''[[Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1]]'' by [[Edgard Varèse]] he purchased a copy of ''The Rite Of Spring''. In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' he describes its green-and-black abstract cover, with a magenta paper label with black lettering.  In ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'' he described it as a performance by the Worldwide Symphony Orchestra, released on the label Camden (Camden was a low-budget label for RCA Victor Records, while the World Wide Symphony Orchestra was pseudonym for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux) <ref>http://researchblog.andremount.net/?p=15#1f</ref>: ''"It turned out to be a pretty good version of that, cause I've had about five records of that. So I had those two albums. I couldn't afford any more for like about two years and I wore 'em out. That and my R&B records, y'know I got about a thousand R&B records now and uhhh, I don't have The Rite Of Spring but I've still got the first riff."''
+After Zappa had bought ''[[Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1]]'' by [[Edgard Varèse]] he purchased a copy of ''The Rite Of Spring''. In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' he describes its green-and-black abstract cover, with a magenta paper label with black lettering.  In ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'' he described it as a performance by the Worldwide Symphony Orchestra, released on the label Camden (Camden was a low-budget label for RCA Victor Records, while the World Wide Symphony Orchestra was pseudonym for the [[San Francisco]] Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux) <ref>http://researchblog.andremount.net/?p=15#1f</ref>: ''"It turned out to be a pretty good version of that, cause I've had about five records of that. So I had those two albums. I couldn't afford any more for like about two years and I wore 'em out. That and my R&B records, y'know I got about a thousand R&B records now and uhhh, I don't have The Rite Of Spring but I've still got the first riff."''
 In 1989, during a broadcast of ''[[Castaway's Choice]]'', Zappa named ''The Rite Of Spring'' one of ten records he'd take to an deserted island with him.
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 *[https://www.discogs.com/Stravinsky-Pierre-MonteuxSan-Francisco-Symphony-Orchestra-The-Rite-Of-Spring-Le-Sacre-Du-Printemps/release/3554386 Discogs article about the World Wide Symphony Orchestra album that Zappa owned.]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Rite]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Rite Of Spring]]
-[[Category:Favorite Compositions|Rite]]
+[[Category:Favorite Compositions|Rite Of Spring]]
-[[Category:Favorite Albums|Rite]]
+[[Category:Favorite Albums|Rite Of Spring]]
-[[Category:Conceptual Continuity|Rite]]
+[[Category:Conceptual Continuity|Rite Of Spring]]
-[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Rite]]
+[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Rite Of Spring]]

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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Rite]]
-[[Category:Favorite Music|Rite]]
+[[Category:Favorite Compositions|Rite]]
 [[Category:Favorite Albums|Rite]]
 [[Category:Conceptual Continuity|Rite]]
 [[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Rite]]

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 ==See Also==
 *[[Wikipedia:The Rite of Spring]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Rite]]

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-'''Le Sacre du printemps''' (in English [[The Rite Of Spring]]) is a ballet whose music was composed by [[Igor Stravinsky]] in 1912-1913. The plot was inspired from imagery of pagan Russian rituals.
+[[File:The Rite Of Spring.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The album recording of ''The Rite Of Spring'' Zappa encountered and listened too since his youth.]]
-One of the 10 records [[Frank Zappa|FZ]] selected (in 1989) for the American radio show [[Castaway's Choice]], hosted by John McNally.
+'''Le Sacre du printemps''' (in English [[The Rite Of Spring]]) is a 1913 ballet by [[Igor Stravinsky]] about a ritual sacrifice in prehistoric times to hail the new spring. The plot was inspired by Russian pagan rituals and also quotes ancient Russian folk music. During its premier in 1913 the dissonant music shocked audiences to such a degree that a riot broke out. It made Stravinsky instantly world famous. Today ''The Rite Of Spring'' is widely seen as one of the most groundbreaking and innovative musical pieces ever composed and a true trendsetter in 20th century music.
 Music excerpts from this ballet were covered in:
 *[[Amnesia Vivace]]
-*[[Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin|Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]
+*''[[Amnesia Vivace]]''
-*[[In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky]]
+*''[[Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]]''
-*[[The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet]]
+*''[[In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky]]''
-*[[Fountain Of Love]]
+*''[[The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet]]''
 ==See Also==
-*[[wikipedia:The Rite of Spring|Wikipedia article]] about [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s work
+*[[Wikipedia:The Rite of Spring]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Rite]]
 [[Category:Favorite Music|Rite]]
 [[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Rite]]

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−	'''Le Sacre du printemps''' (in English The Rite of Spring) is a ballet whose music was composed by [[Igor Stravinsky]] in 1912-1913. The plot was inspired from imagery of pagan Russian rituals.	+	'''Le Sacre du printemps''' (in English [[The Rite Of Spring]]) is a ballet whose music was composed by [[Igor Stravinsky]] in 1912-1913. The plot was inspired from imagery of pagan Russian rituals.

	One of the 10 records [[Frank Zappa\|FZ]] selected (in 1989) for the American radio show [[Castaway's Choice]], hosted by [[John McNally]].		One of the 10 records [[Frank Zappa\|FZ]] selected (in 1989) for the American radio show [[Castaway's Choice]], hosted by [[John McNally]].