ocr: BriefPertormance History After the 1921 revival, Stravinsky never saw another stage version. In 1928 he conducted the work for the first time, - - - as a recording project for English Columbia. He described the conductor's role in The Rite as "hardly more than a nechanical agent, a time-beater who fires a pistolat the beginning of each section but lets the music run by itself. - - The next year he conducted itin public for the first time, - - - and frequently thereatter. -
