▁Love ' s ▁Labour ' s ▁Lost ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁Festival ▁of ▁Tw enti eth - Cent ury ▁Master pie ces ▁of ▁Modern ▁Arts ▁ ▁This ▁ 3 0 - day ▁arts ▁festival , ▁held ▁in ▁Paris , ▁was ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁C CF ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁in ▁order ▁ ▁to ▁alter ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁ble ak ▁and ▁empty ▁cultural ▁scene . ▁ ▁The ▁C CF ▁under ▁N ab ok ov ▁believed ▁that ▁American ▁modern ist ▁culture ▁could ▁serve ▁as ▁an ▁ ▁ide ological ▁resistance ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁C CF ▁commission ed ▁nine ▁ ▁different ▁orch est ras ▁to ▁perform ▁concert os , ▁oper as , ▁and ▁bal lets ▁by ▁over ▁ 7 0 ▁ ▁compos ers ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁l abeled ▁by ▁commun ist ▁comm iss ars ▁as ▁“ de generate ” ▁and ▁“ ster ile .” ▁ ▁This ▁included ▁compos itions ▁by ▁Benjamin ▁Brit ten , ▁Erik ▁S atie , ▁Arnold ▁Sch o enberg , ▁Alban ▁Berg , ▁Pierre ▁Bou lez , ▁Gustav ▁Mah ler , ▁Paul ▁Hin dem ith , ▁and ▁Claude ▁Deb uss y . ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁festival ▁opened ▁with ▁a ▁performance ▁of ▁Ig or ▁Stra vin sky ' s ▁R ite ▁of ▁Spring , ▁conducted ▁ ▁by ▁Stra vin sky ▁and ▁Pierre ▁Monte ux , ▁the ▁original ▁conduct or ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁when ▁the ▁bal let ▁inst ig ated ▁ ▁a