At the turn of the twentieth century, Paris was an international center for music, art, and fashion. It fostered the creation of a variety of innovative artistic developments and is widely considered to be the birthplace of Modernism. Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps, the epitome of modernist innovation, could only have happened in this unique cultural climate in the context of the Franco-Russian alliance. Stravinsky's early musical development reached its peak in his early ballets, most notably Le Sacre du printemps. This work is a culmination of the multiplicity of cultural activities that include art, scenario, choreography, and music that came together in Paris. In this essay, I will explore the various ways in which the city of Paris in the beginning of the twentieth century influenced Stravinsky's musical voice. My discussion moves from an overview of the city to Stravinsky, exploring the ways in which the Parisian environment shaped his compositional style. To this end, Le Sacre du printemps is viewed as a kind of lightning rod, bringing together many of the fundamental artistic developments of the early twentieth century and reflecting the diverse and modern city in which it was premiered. / text

This paper analyzes the use of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, Le Sacre de Printemps (The Rite of Spring) in shows that are in the Drum Corps International circuit since 2000. The paper is divided into five main sections that cover information about drum corps, The Rite and its music, corps that use The Rite as their show theme, corps that use The Rite as movement, and other uses of The Rite in shows. The Rite of Spring is a renowned piece of orchestral and ballet repertoire that has become increasingly popular in drum corps shows.

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2014-2015 / Situé aux frontières entre les études de réception et les travaux sur l’histoire des idées, notre mémoire propose qu’en temps de crise épistémologique, la critique acquiert une fonction heuristique qui permet de se réapproprier le réel ébranlé par les changements paradigmatiques et désormais inconcevable. Nous étudierons donc comment une œuvre emblématique de la modernité – Le Sacre du printemps de Stravinsky – participe à la transformation de l’acte critique en forçant l’élaboration d’outils discursifs et épistémologiques qui pourront rendre compte de la nouveauté que représente la musique de Stravinsky, de sorte qu’elle répondra aux nouveaux besoin de l’époque et sera intégrée à l’horizon d’attente. Grâce à de nouveaux moyens critiques par eux élaborés, mais aussi par une mise au point esthétique, Jacques Rivière, Jean Cocteau et Boris de Schlœzer parviendront à ce qu’on appellera la « normalisation » esthétique de Stravinsky, à travers laquelle ils parviendront à nouveau à lire leur époque.

Cette thèse a pour objectif de suggérer des lignes directrices pour observer les rencontres entre des arts, des matières et des techniques artistiques distincts et caractériser les passages possibles entre le sonore et le visuel. Dans un premier temps, nous étudierons les différences entre les arts et les manières de les organiser dans des systèmes classificatoires. Ensuite, nous nous tournerons vers l’étude de la notion de ressemblance entre les arts et de l’esthétique comparée et nous présenterons quelques liens et interactions entre les phénomènes musicaux et visuels. Les ressemblances seront exposées plus loin à travers leurs traits spécifiques, que nous appellerons « similitudes ». À partir de ces dernières, présentées sous les noms de sympathie, d’émulation, d’analogie et de convenientia, nous proposerons des façons d’observer des rencontres entre le sonore et le visuel. De la sympathie provient la notion de résonance, qui se fonde dans la liberté du récepteur d’établir des correspondances entre des paires d’œuvres d’art distinctes. Les reflets trouvent leur fondement dans les similitudes émulation et analogie, et s’adressent à des œuvres dont les créateurs ont tenté d’appliquer dans leur propre art des éléments provenant d’un autre art. Dans le troisième, consacré aux confluences, nous inclurons des œuvres qui contiennent dans leur structure propre des matières sonores et visuelles. À l’origine des confluences se trouve la convenientia, similitude qui traite de la coexistence des éléments hétérogènes. Picasso, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Rothko, Dutilleux et Klee sont parmi les artistes qui illustrent les résonances, reflets et confluences de cette recherche. / The main objective of this thesis is to suggest guidelines in observing meetings between arts, materials and separate art techniques and to characterize some of the possible passages and interactions between the sonorous and visual. First we talk about the differences between the arts and the ways to organize them into classification systems. Then we turn to the study of the concept of resemblance between the art forms, introduced in Comparative Aesthetics and present some links and intersections between the musical and visual phenomena. Their similarities will be exposed, later, through specific traits, which we call “similitudes”. From these latter, presented by the names: sympathy, emulation, analogy and convenientia, we propose ways of observing encounters between the sonorous and visual. From sympathy comes the notion of resonance, which is based on the liberty of the receiver to establish correspondences between pairs of distinct art works. The reflections address the art works whose artists sought to apply in their own art, elements coming from another art and find their bases in the similitudes of emulation and analogy. Finally, the confluences. In this third group are included the art works that contain, in their own structure, sonorous and visual materials. At the origin of the confluences is the convenientia, similitude that deals with the coexistence between heterogeneous elements. Picasso, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Rothko, Dutilleux and Klee are the artists whose works illustrate the resonances, reflections e confluences of our research. / Esta tese tem como principal objetivo sugerir diretrizes para se observar encontrosentre artes, matérias e técnicas artísticas distintas e caracterizar algumas das passagenspossíveis e interações entre o sonoro e o visual. Primeiramente, discorremos sobre asdiferenças entre as artes e as maneiras de organiza-las em sistemas classificatórios. Emseguida, nos voltamos ao estudo da noção de semelhança das mesmas, à Estética Comparadae apresentamos algumas elos e interseções entre os fenômenos musicais e visuais. Assemelhanças são expostas, mais à frente, através de traços específicos, aos quais chamamos de“similitudes”, de acordo com o entendimento de Michel Foucault. A partir dessas últimas,apresentadas pelos nomes de simpatia, emulação, analogia e convenientia, propomosmaneiras de se observar encontros entre o sonoro e o visual. Da simpatia provém a noçãoressonância, que se baseia na liberdade do receptor de estabelecer correspondências entrepares de obras de arte distintas e fertilizar mutuamente seus entendimentos. Os reflexos seendereçam às obras cujos artistas procuraram aplicar em sua própria arte elementos provindosde uma outra arte e encontram suas bases nas similitudes de emulação e analogia. Finalmente,as confluências. Neste terceiro grupo incluem-se obras que contém em sua própria estruturamatérias sonoras e visuais. Na origem das confluências está a convenientia, similitude quetrata da coexistência entre elementos heterogêneos. Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, GyörgyLigeti, Mark Rothko, Henri Dutilleux, Paul Klee, Alban Berg e Serguei Eisenstein são osartistas cujas obras ilustraram as ressonâncias, reflexos e confluências de nossa pesquisa.