MUSIC 2251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 53: The Rite Of Spring, Vaslav Nijinsky, Nicholas Roerich
4 Nov 2018
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Ch 53 - calculated shock: stravinsky and modernist multimedia. Much western music has been designed for dancing after the middle ages. People hated it at first, thought it was too dissonant and abominable. Music started to use more dissonances that didn"t expect to be resolved. Stravinsky: the rite of spring (le sacre du printemps), part i, excerpts. Genre = ballet (often performed as a concert piece for orchestra) Scenario = nicholas roerich and igor stravinsky. Rhythm/meter = free shifting meter; the 4-note rhythmic idea establishes a duple pulse. Expression = haunting mood, represents awakening of the earth; v slow tempo (lento) Timbre = high-range bassoon w solo clarinets, pizzicato strings. Melody = russian folk-song melodies alternate w nonmelodic sound blocks. Rhythm/meter = basic duple pulse w irregular accents; constant 8th-note motion. Harmony = dissonant chord (polytonal) repeated over and over; sound blocks. Form = sectional, w opening section recurring several times (a-b-a"-c-a-d-e-f-
