Music and Art

Lecture

Music and Art Musical Riots:
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Tom Cimarusti, Ph.D., Program Coordinator and Professor of Music History, Florida Gulf Coast University

The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring provoked one of the most famous musical riots in all of history. His daring musical language, coupled with Nijinsky’s innovative choreography, resulted in reviews that claimed the work was nothing more than “laborious and barbaric.” Come enjoy one of 20th century’s musical treasures as Cimarusti details Stravinsky’s musical language while allowing Stravinsky himself to explain, via recorded video interviews, his reaction to one of the most famous riots in music history.

This presentation is part of Tom Cimarusti's Music and Art series.

Tom Cimarusti

Tom Cimarusti

A native of Los Angeles, Tom Cimarusti received his Ph.D. at Florida State University and is currently a professor of music history at Florida Gulf Coast University. Although his primary research interests include 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera and song, chamber music and the music of communal utopias, he also lectures on world music and is an avid accordionist. He has presented his research at conferences in Europe, Asia and the United States. He is currently working on an edition of hymns associated with the late 19th-century religious cult, the Koreshan Unity. He has been the recipient of numerous research grants and excellence-in-teaching awards. In 2016, he founded the Center for Public Musicology, an organization that provides lectures, demonstrations and performances at venues throughout Southwest Florida. He lives in Naples with his wife, Christy, and two boys, Paul and Christopher.