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the rite of spring
rhythm and metre
free rhythm at beginning- opening melody- rubato- musicians that accompany the bassoon play colla parte- following the part
compound triple time in jeu du rapt- violas, violins, cellos play in 9/8, double basses in 4/8 and 5/8- don't align
polyrhythm at climax of introduction section-simultaneous triplets, septuplets, straight quavers (b.64)- illustrate chaos of the gradual awakening of nature at beginning of spring
more straight forward two against three cross-rhythms- b.15- triplet quavers in solo trumpet vs straight quavers in string chords
triplets, quintuplets, other irregular groupings used frequently (e.g the first three bars)
very frequent changes in time signature- right from start- alternates between 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4
near the end of jeu du rapt- unusual time signatures- 5/8, 2/8, 4/8
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context
1913- rite of spring- scandal- audience found the music too dissonant and violent, also offended by Nijinsky's choreography
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derived many of its orchestration devices and some compositional elements from Petrushka and Firebird
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diaghilev- russian ballet impresario- heard some of stravinsky's early pieces- invited him to write for ballet russes
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texture
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first section- builds from monophonic solo bassoon, then two-part with french horn, four-part at the più mosso after figure 3
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orchestration/ sonority
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quintuple woodwind
four bassoons, double bassoon- music opens with a solo bassoon part- very high register
three clarinets, clarinet in D, bass clarinet
four oboes, cor anglais (it is normal to have two oboes)
three flutes, piccolo, alto flute
woodwind techniques
b.60- flutter-tonguing technique, written as flttz in introduction section
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standard string section
brass is the main family of instruments featured, they dominate the score, reaction against overuse of strings in romantic era- modernism- reaction against romanticism, wagner etc
string techniques
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strings are often divided- in introduction b.10- six separate solo double bass parts, while violas play glissando harmonics b.11
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melody
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fig 25- important solo horn melody- v short, completely diatonic- surprising- use of acciaccatura- important feature of russian folk song- found in opening bassoon melody
ostinati dominate the entire work- four-note ostinato idea in cor anglais fig. 14- occurs at numerous points in augurs of spring
stravinsky uses short motifs from longer melodies- re-orders- fig.27- alto flute plays new diatonic tune- last two notes are repeated before a motif from the middle of the tune is used
many melodies derived from russian and eastern european folk songs- opening bassoon melody is based on a lithuanian folk song