Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: Rite meant riot as Stravinsky's jagged, primitive ballet score shocked music lovers out of their seats. In decades to come, classical music audiences would vacate their seats on a regular basis as modernist composers unpicked the musical basics of melody, harmony and tonality - meanwhile, it began with a very public battle between opposing composing giants Stravinsky, who believed in rejuvenating the musical forms of the past, and Arnold Schoenberg, who believed in creating totally new ones.