Petrushka
The birth of musical montage, where a puppet's heartbreak plays out against carnival cacophony and the Petrushka chord cracks tonality in two like a funhouse mirror.
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Era & Context
Premiered in 1911, Petrushka brought the chaos and noise of the street fair into the concert hall. Its bitonal Petrushka chord and cinematic scene-cutting anticipated both jazz polytonality and film-score techniques, while the puppet protagonist's inner life gave the ballet an emotional depth that transcended spectacle.
Career Phase
Explosive rhythmic innovation and orchestral color for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Each successive ballet pushed further from Romantic convention toward a visceral, primitivist energy that would reshape Western music.
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