Listening Stravinsky (Le sacre du printemps)

The use of the double reeded instrument act somewhat as a fanfare in the being of the piece with the addition of the trumpet. It was interesting how the piece had the idea of controlled chaos within the arrangement. The piece does seem very primitivistic, almost as him it were the national anthem for a planet of apes. The use of the driving drum theme throughout the strings gives the its unique shape and emotion. Additionally, the composition seems very repetitive. While this style was used by composers such as Bach and Beethoven this piece doesn't represent any of the stylistic sounds and ideas of those composers. Stravinsky tends to use an odd triade doublings. Furthermore, I liked how the composition was very sporadic and dark at times.