Austin Jaquith wrote:

>How do you regard Le sacre as a work in history in terms of its significance,
>influence, originality, and/or its musical origins?

with out a doubt the most significant, influential, orginal work written
after 1900.  75% of all art music written after it have been influenced
by it,.

peter lundin, gothenburg.se -  Counting the days: DDS 100 (1906-2006)