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Introduction (Melody (Rising motif in bassoon based on 3rds. From a…
Introduction
Melody
Rising motif in bassoon based on 3rds. From a Lithuanian wedding song which traditionally welcomes Spring and sounds like an ancient chant.
Evokes the awakening of Spring as the temperature rises and breaks the ice, giving way to life underneath the frozen earth.
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Motivic fragments, derived from the folk tune revolve around a handful of fixed pitches often circling around a single note b20-25 in the piccolo clarinet played in a higher register. The piccolo clarinet plays snatches of the chant in contrasting registers b.39-51.
Portrays the awakening of other creatures and plants simultaneously waking up and highlights the explosion of new life in a different form.
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Use of ostinati- repeated, varied and fragmented- b.10-11 in Cor Anglais and b.44-45.
Highlights the bursting out of Spring, how nature is full of vigour, the influence of the sun awakening the frozen earth- Stravinsky's theme of the worship of the sun in Pagan times.
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Rhythm
Polyrhythms fig.11 where simultaneous triplets, septuplets, and quavers are all heard together.
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Rubato- free rhythm at start with syncopation at b.4 and contrabassoon at fig.41 colla part- with the soloist(bassoon).
Portrays the absence of metre to convey the varying pace and the disorder of awakening of different species at different rates, beginning at different junctures bursting out in Spring.
W.L.- Stravinsky- The Faun and the Shepherdess, Bartok- molto rubato and sempre rubato in Elegie No.2 for piano
Colla part used to emphasise the role of the voice soloist in the piece. Bartok had absorbed in his ethnomusicological studies, had soaked up free, speech-like rhythm used in folk melodies and also applied this to his orchestral works.
Irregular rhythms, triplets, quintuplets, pauses.
Increases excitement and coming together of all flora and fauna being awakened by the spring- foreshadows the pagan natures of the augured, jeu du rapt and the pagan nature of the sacrifice to follow.
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Sonorities
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Fluttertonguing in oboes 2 and 3, B-flat clarinet and piccolo at b.60.
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