Classical music of Ishinatos are usually not associated with

routiness and mayhem. They tend to be rather well-behaved, and if anything, they

may express their disapproval by simply not clapping loudly enough.

However, there was one major exception to this. On a single night in Paris about 110 years ago,

a crowd erupted into a riot over the premiere of a ballet. Learn more about classical music's most

notorious evening,

the premiere of The Right of Spring,

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. To understand how a ballet turned into a riot, there are a few things that need to be

understood to make sense of the events which took place.

The early 20th century was a time of great change in the arts. Most of you are probably

familiar with some of the changes which took place in the visual arts.

Artists like Picasso and Gustav Klimt were revolutionizing painting

and the very meaning of whatizing painting was.

They went far beyond the simple abstractions of impressionist painters.

As with painting, there was a revolution going on in music as well.

Believe it or not, the revolution in Music actually started back as early as Beethoven.

One of the very last works he wrote before he died was called The Great Fugue.

I'm guessing that most of you have probably never heard of it let alone heard it but it's the most

un-Beethoven-like piece of music you'll ever hear. Much of this new music just like

new art was very polarizing. You had traditionalists who hated it and there were

avant-garde bohemians who embraced it. Oftentimes they rejected or supported music

just because it was new and not in the merits of the work itself.

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