Stravinsky's work caused a scandal in 1913 but has since been recognised as one of the 20th century's most important piecesThe audience, packed into the newly-opened Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to the point of standing room only, had neither seen nor heard anything like it.As the first few bars of the orchestral work The Rite of Spring " Le Sacré du Printemps " by the young, little-known Russian composer Igo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM on May 27, 2013