1. Modernism
Igor Stravinsky

2. Modernism
More and more artists & composers rejected the classical traditions of art & music and strove towards originality. (why?)
Avoiding classical harmony and forms at all cost, they looked towards folk & even “primitive” cultures for alternate methods & stories for their works of art.
This period was characterized by a broad diversity of styles, with every composer and artist having very unique & recognizable styles.
More and more the general public rejected this new art & music as ugly and degenerate.

3. Modernism in Music
As with modern art, modern music fractured into dozens of minor “-isms”: (Post-Romanticism, Nationalism, Expressionism, 12-Tone Music, Neo-Classicism, Futurism, Primitivism, Socialist Realism, Jazz/Popular-Fusion.)
Modernist techniques:
Atonality: Music that doesn’t use harmony or scales by seemingly-random note combinations.
Polytonality: Music with multiple simultaneous keys.
Polyrhythm: Music with multiple simultaneous meters.
Extended Techniques: Playing instruments or singing in unusual, unconvential ways.

4. Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky ( ) was a Russian –French-American composer.
He was a musical innovator, writing works in Post-Romantisicm (Firebird Suite), Neo-Classicism (The Rake’s Progress) & Serialism over his lifetime.
Stravinsky wrote “The Rite of Spring,” for the Russian ballet in Paris in 1912.
The music and ballet tell a vague story about a primitive tribe choosing a young woman to be sacrificed so the spring can come.
A riot broke out in the audience when it premiered because of the violent music, choreography and story.

5. “The Rite of Spring” Introduction: https://youtu.be/rq1q6u3mLSM?t=1m6s
The Augers of Spring:
Sacrificial Dance: