Product Description

One of the seminal works of the 20th century and a milestone in the history of music, The Rite of Spring famously caused a riot at it's first performance in Paris in 1913. Since then, this revolutionary masterpiece has found its place as one of the most performed and admired scores of the twentieth century. Now published in The Boosey and Hawkes Masterworks Library series, this large size (229 mm x 305 mm) paperback score includes introductory notes, illustrations and photographs. Ideal for students, conductors, performers, libraries, CD collectors and music lovers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #215258 in Books
• Published on: 1997-02-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 156 pages

Customer Reviews

A great version of the score
Boosey and Hawkes have excelled themselves by producing this score. It features a detailed introduction by Malcolm MacDonald, who clearly and succinctly details the history and music of this groundbreaking work.

The score itself is very clearly laid out. It is a very complex work, and many scores have the notes crushed into as small a space as possible, but Boosey and Hawkes took the decision to spread the staves out and print it on rather large paper. The large orchestra and many notes make this imperative when deciding on a copy for your personal collection. If using the score for analysis purposes (as most buyers will), their is sufficient space to make short notes, even for those with large handwriting like myself.

I would certainly recommend this to anyone analysing the work simply because of the clarity and preface, and it certainly beats the pocket score I was forced to work from before I found this.