These handwritten musical notes are those of the 30-year-old Russian composer Igor Stravinsky for The Rite of Spring. The world premiere of this ballet with the dancer Nijinsky at Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on May 29, 1913, was the setting for the most notorious event in the musical history of the 20th century. Trouble began with the playing of the first notes, in the bassoon’s ultrahigh register, upon which the renowned composer Camille Saint-Saens conspicuously walked out, complaining loudly of the misuse of the instrument. Soon other protests became so loud that the dancers could barely hear their cues. Fights broke out in the audience. Thus Modernism arrived in music!!