Classical music riot

A classical music riot is violent, disorderly behavior that occurs upon (usually) the premiere of a controversial piece of classical music.

Examples include:

• 1830 - Daniel Auber - La Muette de Portici (opera -- sparked the Belgian Revolution)^[1]
• 1838 - Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini^[2]
• 1905 - Richard Strauss - Salomé (particularly the Met production in New York)^{[citation needed]}
• 1913 - Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (ballet)^[3][4]
• 1914 - Luigi Russolo - The Art of Noises^[5]
• 1917 - Erik Satie - Parade^[6]
• 1923 - Erwin Schulhoff - Ogelala^{[citation needed]}
• 1923 - Edgar Varèse - Hyperprism^[7]
• 1926 - George Antheil - Ballet Mécanique
• 1926 - Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin (ballet)^[8]
• 1926 - Maurice Ravel - Chansons madécasses^{[citation needed]}
• 1968 - Hans Werner Henze - Das Floß der Medusa^[9]
• 1973 - Steve Reich - Four Organs^[10]

References

1. ^ The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (1993)
2. ^ http://www.hberlioz.com/Special/cwasselin_1e.htm
3. ^ Radio Lab, Show 202: Musical Language, Host/Producer Jad Abumrad, Co-Host Robert Krulwich, Producer Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor
4. ^ Pieter C. van den Toorn, "Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring", Chapter 1: Point of Order
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0003_satie/satie.shtml
7. ^ http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/composers/V/EdgarVarese.html
8. ^ Vinton, John (January 1964). "The Case of the Miraculous Mandarin". The Musical Quarterly L (1): 1–17. doi:10.1093/mq/L.1.1. http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/L/1/1.full.pdf+html. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
9. ^ CD liner notes, Das Floss der Medusa, DG 1996
10. ^ Schonberg, Harold C., "Music: A Concert Fuss: Music by Reich Causes a Vocal Reaction," New York Times, January 20, 1973.

See also

• Succès de scandale
• Claque - Claqueurs could be hired for booing, by someone opposing a performance.