Stravinsky

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

~ 1913 rite of spring was first performed

~ piece caused a scandal as audience found the music too dissonant + violent + were offended by Nijinsky’s choreography

~ other pieces: firebird

Question 2

Performing forces

Answer 2

~ muted trumpet

~ flutter-tonguing

~ pizzicato

~ glissando harmonics

~ trills

~ grace notes

Question 3

Structure

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

~ polyphony

~ monophonic

~ two part texture

~ homophonic

~ melody-dominated homophony

~ homorhythmic

Question 5

Tonality

Answer 5

~ bitonality

~ atonal

~ chromatic scales

~ aeolian style

~ mixolydian mode

Question 6

Harmony

Answer 6

~ diatonic

~ dissonance

~ stamping chords

~ parallel thirds

Question 7

Melody

Answer 7

~ opening basson melody from anthology of lithuanian folk songs

~ diatonic

~ chromaticism

~ short motifs

~ repeated notes

Question 8

Rhythm, metre + tempo

Answer 8

~ free rhythm

~ triplets

~ polyrhythm

~ cross rhythm

~ time signature change

~ unusual time signature

~ syncopation