A reprint of the original full-score edition of the most famous musical work of the 20th century, created as a ballet score for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Jean Cocteau labeled this revolutionary work 'a pastorale of the prehistoric world' at its premiere in Paris in 1913, when interest in primitivism was at its zenith among the avant-garde.

These 'Scenes of Pagan Russia' did indeed inspire primitive reactions among their opening night audience, who were so vociferous in their protests that the dancers could scarcely hear the music.

Yet this powerful work, with its novel rhythms and hitherto unheard-of chordal combinations and orchestral effects would change forever the elements of musical language and exert an enormous influence on three generations of composers.