Chapter 45 - Listening Guide Quiz 34: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I, excerpts

Which of the following describe the first eighteen seconds of The Rite of Spring, heard in this excerpt? Which do not?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Introduction0:21

Describes the excerpt The bassoon plays at a slow pace. The violins play a pizzicato rhythmic figure. Does not describe the excerpt The meter is easy to identify. The flutes play a lyrical melody.

Which of the following describe the chords heard at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens from The Rite of Spring? Which do not?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Dance0:15

Describes the excerpt dissonant irregularly accented Does not describe the excerpt consonant regularly accented

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

metershifting and irregularly accented Correct label:shifting and irregularly accented formsectional Correct label:sectional texturedense and complex polyphony Correct label:dense and complex polyphony

Here is the full excerpt from Part I of The Rite of Spring: Rite of Spring, Part I 4:37 Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct section on the image below.

orange, green, blue

Which describes the texture of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youth and Maidens?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring0:33

two or more melodic ideas played simultaneously (polyphony)

Which of the following describe the Introduction, Dance of the Youths and Maidens, and Game of Abduction from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring? Which do not?

Describes Part I Stravinsky uses Russian folk and folklike themes. The Introduction features a bassoon playing in its highest register. Does not describe Part I The work is based on consonant harmonies. The work features regularly accented rhythms throughout.

Here is a clip from Dance of the Youths and Maidens:Dance of the Youths and Maidens0:33And here is a clip from Game of Abduction:Game of Abduction0:43 True or false: The following clip is from Dance of the Youths and Maidens: Stravinsky, Rite of Spring 0:43

False

Put the excerpted melodies in the order in which they first appear in the Introducion and Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. BE VERY CAREFUL to click only on the white triangle to listen to the excerpt; clicking anywhere else in the card will select it as an answer.

bassoon (...), accented (...), French (...), parallel (...)

Which describes the pace of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens, heard in this excerpt?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring0:24

fast with consistent pulse

Which describes the performing ensemble in Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Dance0:24

orchestra

Which playing technique is featured by the strings in this short passage from the Introduction?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Introduction0:19

pizzicato

Which describes the texture of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring0:33

polyphonic

Which describes the next passage of music in this section, from the middle of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Dance0:28

tune played by bassoon and accompanied by dissonant chords

Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Introduction0:21

bassoon

Which describes the tempo of the music in the first three sections (Introduction, Dance of the Youths and Maidens, and Game of Abduction) of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring4:37

changes from slow to fast to frenetic

Dance of the Youths and Maidens alternates Russian -Press Space to openfolk-songregularirregularvocalconsonantdissonantinstrumental melodies with sound blocks. A -Press Space to openfolk-songregularirregularvocalconsonantdissonantinstrumental chord repeats in a basic duple pulse, but the rhythm is unpredictable due to -Press Space to openfolk-songregularirregularvocalconsonantdissonantinstrumental accents. The section features a wide variety of -Press Space to openfolk-songregularirregularvocalconsonantdissonantinstrumental colors and dynamics.

folk-song, dissonant, irregular, instrumental

Which of the following does NOT describe the opening of Game of Abduction?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Game0:43

regular and predictable accents

Which describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring4:37

sectional, with opening section recurring several times

Which describes the next passage of music, which occurs about two and a half minutes into the piece?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Dance0:14

tune played by trumpets with parallel chords in other instruments

Which describes the very beginning of this excerpt, which occurs about two minutes into the piece?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Dance0:28

tune played first by French horns and then by flutes