STRAVINSKY, Igor

STRAVINSKY, Igor (17 June 1882–6 April 1971). Like the New York Armory Show of 1913, the Paris premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring; Vesna svyashchennaya in Russian) in the same year, with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky (c. 1889–1950), became a turning point in the development of the modernist arts. Outraged public reaction at the premiere—including catcalls, hissing, and a near riot in the audience—helped rally an audience predisposed toward the…