{"id":1379,"date":"2013-06-07T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturedallroundman.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2015-08-27T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T15:03:45","slug":"the-scythians-and-the-rite-of-spring-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/the-scythians-and-the-rite-of-spring-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scythians and The Rite of Spring: Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3540 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Roerich_Girls_Rite\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=570%2C381&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=1170%2C780&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?resize=870%2C580&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Roerich_Girls_Rite.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a selection of documents and sources &#8211; videos, images, and text &#8211; relating to and referred to in <a href=\"https:\/\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/2013\/06\/07\/the-scythians-and-the-rite-of-spring-stravinsky-and-roerich-balakirev-stasov-dostoevsky-blok-nijinsky-et-al\/\">the piece I just published, on the influence of Nicholas Roerich and Asiatic culture on Stravinsky&#8217;s <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mikhail Glinka,\u00a0<em>Ruslan and Lyudmila<\/em> (1842) &#8211; Overture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fjUijyeFMu0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,\u00a0<i>Scheherazade<\/i>, Op. 35 (1888)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oOq9NjdLxlw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vladimir Soloviev, &#8216;Pan Mongolism&#8217; (1894)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>P<\/strong>an Mongolism! The name is monstrous<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yet it caresses my ear<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As if filled with the portent<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of a grand divine fate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While in corrupt Byzantium<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The altar of God lay cooling<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And holy men, princes, people and king<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Renounced the Messiah &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then He invoked from the East<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">An unknown and alien people,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And beneath the heavy hand of fate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The second Rome bowed down in the dust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have no desire to learn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From fallen Byzantium&#8217;s fate,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Russia&#8217;s flatterers insist:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is you, you are the third Rome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let it be so! God has not yet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Emptied his wrathful hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A swarm of waking tribes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Prepares for new attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From the Altai to Malaysian shores<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The leaders of Eastern isles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have gathered a host of regiments<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By China&#8217;s defeated walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Countless as locusts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And as ravenous,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Shielded by an unearthly power<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The tribes move north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">O Rus&#8217;! Forget your former glory:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two-headed eagle is ravaged,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And your tattered banners passed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like toys among yellow children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He who neglects love&#8217;s legacy,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Will be overcome by trembling fear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the third Rome will fall to dust,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nor will there ever be a fourth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Golden bull figurine, from the Maikop kurgan (excavated 1897)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3523 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull-1.jpg?resize=400%2C342\" alt=\"r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull (1)\" width=\"400\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull-1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull-1.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r3_2_2d_eneolith_bull-1.jpg?resize=370%2C316&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>World of Art<\/em>\u00a0magazine, 3rd Edition (1901)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3524 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg?resize=545%2C841\" alt=\"ep00023\" width=\"545\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg?w=545&amp;ssl=1 545w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg?resize=370%2C571&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ep00023.jpg?resize=376%2C580&amp;ssl=1 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nicholas Roerich, <em>Guests from Overseas<\/em> (1901)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=696%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1024px-Nicholas_Roerich,_Guests_from_Overseas\" width=\"696\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=768%2C564&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=370%2C272&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=770%2C565&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/1024px-Nicholas_Roerich_Guests_from_Overseas.jpg?resize=790%2C580&amp;ssl=1 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nicholas Roerich, Set Design for Act III of\u00a0<em>The Polovtsian Dances <\/em>(1909)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5999 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=696%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Roerich Polovtsian\" width=\"696\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?w=867&amp;ssl=1 867w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=370%2C256&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=770%2C533&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-Polovtsian.jpg?resize=838%2C580&amp;ssl=1 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nicholas Roerich, Preliminary Paintings for &#8216;The Great Sacrifice&#8217; (the working title of <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em>) (1910)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912.jpg?resize=480%2C346\" alt=\"the-great-sacrifice-1912\" width=\"480\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912.jpg?resize=370%2C267&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912-1.jpg?resize=480%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the-great-sacrifice-1912-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912-1.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/the-great-sacrifice-1912-1.jpg?resize=370%2C258&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nicholas Roerich, Costume Designs for <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em> (1913)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/girl-1913blog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3529 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/girl-1913blog.jpg?resize=323%2C500\" alt=\"girl-1913blog\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/girl-1913blog.jpg?w=323&amp;ssl=1 323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/girl-1913blog.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/people-old-man-1913blog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3530 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/people-old-man-1913blog.jpg?resize=319%2C500\" alt=\"people-old-man-1913blog\" width=\"319\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/people-old-man-1913blog.jpg?w=319&amp;ssl=1 319w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/people-old-man-1913blog.jpg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/three-personages-1913blog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3531 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/three-personages-1913blog.jpg?resize=460%2C500\" alt=\"three-personages-1913blog\" width=\"460\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/three-personages-1913blog.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/three-personages-1913blog.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/three-personages-1913blog.jpg?resize=370%2C402&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/priest_large.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5989 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/priest_large.jpg?resize=344%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"priest_large\" width=\"344\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/priest_large.jpg?w=344&amp;ssl=1 344w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/priest_large.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5990 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?resize=377%2C604&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"oXMdQXW6K9s\" width=\"377\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?w=377&amp;ssl=1 377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?resize=370%2C593&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/oXMdQXW6K9s.jpg?resize=362%2C580&amp;ssl=1 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltext_0904140655.p_1004211933.dewuchka4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltext_0904140655.p_1004211933.dewuchka4.jpg?resize=272%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ltext_0904140655.p_1004211933.dewuchka4\" width=\"272\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltext_0904140655.p_1004211933.dewuchka4.jpg?w=272&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltext_0904140655.p_1004211933.dewuchka4.jpg?resize=181%2C300&amp;ssl=1 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nicholas Roerich, Set Designs for <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em> (1913)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426.jpg?resize=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/NikolaiRoerichRite640-640x426.jpg?resize=370%2C246&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/700068.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6001 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/700068.jpg?resize=640%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"700068\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/700068.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/700068.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/700068.jpg?resize=370%2C221&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Original Costumes for <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em> (1913)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?resize=500%2C730&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889\" width=\"500\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?resize=370%2C540&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_n9xo3eQoh31sho889.jpg?resize=397%2C580&amp;ssl=1 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/12Rite-of-Spring-V_1722711a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5992 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/12Rite-of-Spring-V_1722711a.jpg?resize=416%2C555&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12Rite-of-Spring-V_1722711a\" width=\"416\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/12Rite-of-Spring-V_1722711a.jpg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/12Rite-of-Spring-V_1722711a.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/a93fd1c012be5bc6f92289d7c8f5c56c.jpg?resize=324%2C580&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/3548318f2122df5e543b78362238d21a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5997 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/3548318f2122df5e543b78362238d21a.jpg?resize=200%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/3548318f2122df5e543b78362238d21a.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/3548318f2122df5e543b78362238d21a.jpg?resize=132%2C300&amp;ssl=1 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Igor Stravinsky, <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em> (1913)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UJOaGIhG7A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alexander Blok, <em>The Scythians<\/em> (1918)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Y<\/strong>ou are millions. We are hordes and hordes and hordes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try and take us on!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yes, we are Scythians! Yes, we are Asians &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With slanted and greedy eyes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For you, the ages, for us a single hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We, like obedient slaves,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Held up a shield between two enemy races &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Tatars and Europe!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For ages and ages your old furnace raged<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And drowned out the roar of avalanches,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Lisbon and Messina&#8217;s fall<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To you was but a monstrous fairy tale!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For hundreds of years you gazed at the East,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Storing up and melting down our jewels,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And, jeering, you merely counted the days<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Until your cannons you could point at us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The time is come. Trouble beats its wings &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And every day our grudges grow,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the day will come when every trace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of your Paestums may vanish!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">O, old world! While you still survive,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While you still suffer your sweet torture,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come to a halt, sage as Oedipus,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before the ancient riddle of the Sphinx!..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Russia is a Sphinx. Rejoicing, grieving,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And drenched in black blood,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It gazes, gazes, gazes at you,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With hatred and with love!..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It has been ages since you&#8217;ve loved<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As our blood still loves!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You have forgotten that there is a love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That can destroy and burn!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We love all- the heat of cold numbers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The gift of divine visions,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We understand all- sharp Gallic sense<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And gloomy Teutonic genius&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We remember all- the hell of Parisian streets,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Venetian chills,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The distant aroma of lemon groves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the smoky towers of Cologne&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We love the flesh &#8211; its flavor and its color,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the stifling, mortal scent of flesh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is it our fault if your skeleton cracks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In our heavy, tender paws?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When pulling back on the reins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of playful, high-spirited horses,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is our custom to break their heavy backs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And tame the stubborn slave girls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come to us! Leave the horrors of war,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And come to our peaceful embrace!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before it&#8217;s too late &#8211; sheathe your old sword,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Comrades! We shall be brothers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But if not &#8211; we have nothing to lose,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And we are not above treachery!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For ages and ages you will be cursed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By your sickly, belated offspring!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Throughout the woods and thickets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In front of pretty Europe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We will spread out! We&#8217;ll turn to you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With our Asian muzzles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come everyone, come to the Urals!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;re clearing a battlefield there<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between steel machines breathing integrals<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the wild Tatar Horde!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But we are no longer your shield,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Henceforth we&#8217;ll not do battle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mortal battles rages we&#8217;ll watch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With our narrow eyes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We will not lift a finger when the cruel Huns<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rummage the pockets of corpses,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Burn cities, drive cattle into churches,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And roast the meat of our white brothers!..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come to your senses for the last time, old world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our barbaric lyre is calling you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One final time, to a joyous brotherly feast<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To a brotherly feast of labor and of peace!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vaslav Nijinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg?resize=440%2C698\" alt=\"vaslav-nijinsky\" width=\"440\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg?w=440&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg?resize=370%2C587&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vaslav-nijinsky.jpg?resize=366%2C580&amp;ssl=1 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stravinsky and Nijinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/stravinsky_61.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.culturedarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/stravinsky_61.jpg?resize=350%2C651\" alt=\"stravinsky_61\" width=\"350\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/stravinsky_61.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/stravinsky_61.jpg?resize=161%2C300&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/culturedarm.com\/staging\/5793\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/stravinsky_61.jpg?resize=312%2C580&amp;ssl=1 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"sc-separator type-thin\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Credit for the two poems goes to <em>From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse<\/em>; a project hosted at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/max.mmlc.northwestern.edu\/~mdenner\/Demo\/index.html\">http:\/\/max.mmlc.northwestern.edu\/~mdenner\/Demo\/index.html<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/max.mmlc.northwestern.edu\/~mdenner\/Demo\/index.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a selection of documents and sources &#8211; videos, images, and text &#8211; relating to and referred to in the piece I just published, on the influence of Nicholas Roerich and Asiatic culture on Stravinsky&#8217;s The Rite of Spring. Mikhail Glinka,\u00a0Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842) &#8211; Overture Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,\u00a0Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888) Vladimir Soloviev, &#8216;Pan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3874,3878,3880,4012,3883],"tags":[418,3747,3720,1569,2261,2746,2770,2862,3211,3459],"class_list":{"0":"post-1379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-art","7":"category-literature","8":"category-music","9":"category-russian-literature","10":"category-style","11":"tag-ballet","12":"tag-documents","13":"tag-folk-art","14":"tag-igor-stravinsky","15":"tag-nicholas-roerich","16":"tag-russia","17":"tag-russian-music","18":"tag-sergei-diaghilev","19":"tag-the-rite-of-spring","20":"tag-vaslav-nijinsky"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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