The rite of spring in full score book read 3 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers jean cocteau labeled this revolutionary work a pas. Rite of spring in full score paperback composed for diaghilevs ballets russes the rite of spring premiered in 1913 to a near riot the most famous. Once a scandal it is now perhaps the most famous orchestral work of the twentieth century it is reprinted here from the full score russian edition published in 1965 like stravinskys scores for the firebird and petrushka the rite of spring was commissioned by serge diaghilev for the ballets. The rite of spring in full score mineola dover publications 1989 the rite of spring