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The premiere of The Rite of Spring provoked a riot
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Multiple reliable references and historical accounts confirm that the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Paris provoked a legendary riot or near-riot among the audience.

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Wikipedia: The Rite of Spring
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Book: Creativity and the Performing Artist
2016 · cited by 0
Notes that the Rite of Spring provoked riots in the theater when it was first performed.
Simon & Schuster: The companion to 20th-century music
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Notes that the ballet drove a Champs-Élysées audience to riot.
Simon & Schuster: The complete companion to 20th century music
2000 · cited by 0
States that the Rite of Spring drove a Champs Elysées audience to riot.
OpenAIRE: Rite of Spring, The (Le Sacre du Printemps)
2018 · cited by 0
States that the premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées provoked an opening night 'riot'.
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  1. Wikipedia: The Rite of Springreferencesupports
  2. Book: A New Literary History of Americareferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  3. Book: Wild Thingsreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  4. Book: The Tragedies of Sophoclesreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  5. Book: Creativity and the Performing Artistreferencesupports
  6. Book: Contemporary Philosophy and Religious Thoughtreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  7. Book: Design Fundamentals for the Digital Agereferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  8. Da Capo Press: The American cinema : directors and directions, 1929-1968referenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Simon & Schuster: The companion to 20th-century musicreferencesame source L9supports
  10. Simon & Schuster: The complete companion to 20th century musicreferencesame source L9supports
  11. Thomson Learning: Listening to Musicreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Thomson/Schirmer: Listening to musicreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Chancellor Press: Webster's concise encyclopediareferencesame source L12no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Century Hutchinson: Hutchinson pocket encyclopediareferencesame source L12no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  15. Hutchinson: Hutchinson pocket encyclopediareferencesame source L12no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. Wikisource: The Nuttall Encyclopædia/Breferencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. Wikisource: The Book of the Homeless/Chapter 2 (complete)referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. OpenAIRE: Rite of Spring, The (Le Sacre du Printemps)peer-reviewedsupports
  19. the milwaukee leader (milwaukee, wis.) 1911-1938: the milwaukee leader (milwaukee, wis.) 1911-1938referencesame source L15no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  20. the dispatch-news (lexington, s.c.) 1919-2001: the dispatch-news (lexington, s.c.) 1919-2001referencesame source L15no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. the wichita daily eagle (wichita, kan.) 1890-1906: the wichita daily eagle (wichita, kan.) 1890-1906referencesame source L15no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  22. the detroit tribune (detroit, mich.) 1935-1966: the detroit tribune (detroit, mich.) 1935-1966referencesame source L15no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  23. the washington herald (washington, d.c.) 1906-1939: the washington herald (washington, d.c.) 1906-1939referencesame source L15no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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