History YMMV / TheRiteOfSpring

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The SensoryAbuse nowadays is quite tame considering what kind of music has come out since then.

* TrueArtIsAncient: Many fans of ClassicalMusic have been known to mention this piece as an example of "modern music." Think about that for a second: it's over 100 years old. [[note]]Technically, "modern" and modernism in art refers to the aesthetic style that emerged around the turn of the 20th century. (Postmodernism begins in the mid-20th century). Few people would call this piece ''contemporary'' music.[[/note]]

* TrueArtIsAncient: Many fans of ClassicalMusic have been known to mention this piece as an example of "modern music." Think about that for a second: it's over 100 years old. YMMV on whether this is a good example. "Modern" and modernism in art refers to the aesthetic style that emerged around the turn of the 20th century. (Postmodernism begins in the mid-20th century). Nobody would call this piece contemporary music.

* TrueArtIsAncient: Many fans of ClassicalMusic have been known to mention this piece as an example of "modern music." Think about that for a second: it's over 100 years old.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people associate this music with [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} dinosaurs and volcanoes]] rather than pagan sacrifice.

* VindicatedByHistory: Thanks mainly to ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''. However, it was still seen as the weakest piece owing mostly to its length, [[NightmareFuel unnerving visuals]], and [[SensoryAbuse jarring music]] - though people are much more forgiving of it these days.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The SensoryAbuse nowadays is quite tame considering what kind of music has come out these days.

* VindicatedByHistory: Thanks mainly to ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''.

* CreatorBreakdown: Igor Stravinsky was so discouraged over the ballet's hostile initial reception that he checked himself into a sanitarium to be treated for depression. Fortunately, the piece was vindicated after a more successful revival performance the next year.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome
* MagnumOpus: This can be considered Stravinsky's in addition to his Firebird ballet.

* VindicatedByHistory: Thanks mainly to ''{{Fantasia}}''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people associate this music with [[{{Fantasia}} dinosaurs and volcanoes]] rather than pagan sacrifice.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Perhaps one of the best, if not ''the'' best, peices of classical music ever written.

* TrueArtIsOffensive: It's unclear how intentional this was on the part of the creators, but it certainly succeeded in offending its initial audiences.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Both the full ballet and the score on its own are pretty disturbing.

* VindicatedByHistory