The Rite of Spring- Igor Stravinsky- 1923
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- Created on: 09-03-20 17:18
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- The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky 1923
- Structure
- The whole work is very representational
- It is defined by the texture in some parts, as it moves from monophony to polyphony
- Petals, Saariaho, 1988 wrote a piece where the timbre defined the structure
- Tonality
- No clear sense of key
- Constant use of harsh dissonance
- Modal throughout
- Some sense of bitonality
- Mixolydian mode
- No clear sense of key
- Melody
- Opening bassoon melody is based on Lithuanian folk melody
- Williams, On Wenlock Edge, 1909, folk music influences
- Frequent use of ostinato in the cor anglais
- Melodies are generally fragmentary and repetitive
- Chromatic scalic idea
- Opening bassoon melody is based on Lithuanian folk melody
- Texture
- Mainly polyphony with frequent use of fragmented melodies sounding at once
- Builds from monophonic texture on bassoon to a two-part texture
- Four-part texture
- Frequent use of homorhythmic textures
- Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
- Frequent use of triplets and quintuplets
- Polyrhythms can be found at the climax of the introduction
- Randomised syncopation
- Cross-rhythms
- Very common in 20th century music
- Many changes in time signature
- Rachel Portman, Mistake of your life 2008, used frequent tempo changes
- Harmony
- Modal throughout
- Opening bassoon melody is based on the diatonic aeolian mode
- Frequent dissonance
- Two chords in two different keys being played simultaneously
- Modal throughout
- Sonority
- One of the largest orchestras ever assembled
- Various playing techniques use by all sections
- Context
- The music became popular by itself
- Very controversial when first performed with the ballet
- Structure
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