With a focus on Stravinsky’s score and thus the ballet’s musical aspect, this chapter explores several waystations on The Rite of Spring’s journey from ballet to instrumental work – in concert, on record and, most recently, online. Rather than offering a complete history, this account explores a few of the key transformations that took place over the twentieth century as The Rite was re-imagined as a composition for symphony orchestra, allied not with choreography, costumes and décor but with the creative vision of a conductor, the practical skills of a sound editor and the promotional machine of a record label.