Chapter 56. Calculated Shock: Stravinsky and Modernist Multimedia; Listening Guide 47: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I, excerpts

Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its upper-most range?

Bassoon

In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky evokes the rites of ancient -

Russia

Who of the following was not associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?

Shoenberg

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?

changes from slow to fast to frenetic

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

orchestra

Which of the following do not describe the opening of Game of Abduction?

regular and predictable accents

Where did Stravinsky live during the last years of his life?

the United States

Which describes the next passage of music in this section, from the middle of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?

tune played by bassoon and accompanied by dissonant chords

Beginning with his -, Stravinsky was a leader in the revitalization of - in European art music.

ballet , rhythm

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.

(Blue) dense texture 0:43: 3rd (Orange) accented string chords 0:28: 1st (Green) French horn melody 0:28: 2nd

Which of the following statements correctly describe the Introduction, Dance of the Youths and Maidens, and Game of Abduction from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

-Stravinsky uses Russian folk and folklike themes. -The Introduction features a bassoon playing in its highest register.

Which of the following are ballets written by Stravinsky?

Petrushka The Firebird

Which describe the first eighteen seconds of The Rite of Spring, heard in this excerpt? Which do not? Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Introduction 0:21

-The bassoon plays at a slow pace. -The violins play a pizzicato rhythmic figure.

Which of the following correctly describe the chords heard at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens from The Rite of Spring?

-irregularly accented -dissonant

Which describe the choreography for The Rite of Spring?

It was created by Vaslav Nijinsky. It involved dancers jumping up and down in place. It was groundbreaking.

Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.

True

Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.

False

Who of the following were associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?

Nijinsky Karsavina Picasso

What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

scenes of pagan Russia

Stravinsky quoted the melodies of French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.

False

The form of the Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is a simple minuet form.

False

Match the characteristics of the Introduction of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring to their correct musical elements.

harmony - dissonance timbre - high-range bassoon rhythm - shifting meter

Which of the following does not describe the choreography for The Rite of Spring?it

it included regular, predictable movements

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

meter: shifting and irregularly accented texture: dense and complex polyphony form: sectional

Which describes the texture of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youth and Maidens?

two or more melodic ideas played simultaneously (polyphony)

What modernist musical characteristics does Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring exhibit?

percussive dissonance polytonality polyrhythm

Which playing technique is featured by the strings in this short passage from the Introduction?

pizzicato

Which describes the texture of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?

polyphonic

Match the work by Stravinsky to the style characteristic that it reflects.

post-Impressionism - The Firebird Classicism - Symphony of Psalms primitivism - The rite of spring

The ideals of which movement describe the music of The Rite of Spring?

primitivism

Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?

rhythm

Put the excerpted melodies in the order in which they first appear in the Introduction and Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

3. French horn melody 0:28 2. accented string chords 0:28 4. parallel chords 0:14 1. bassoon folk tune 0:21

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

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

The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small.

False

The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris.

False

The premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring took place in -.

Paris

The ideals of which movement best describes the music of The Rite of Spring?

Primitivism

Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?

Rhythm

What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

Scenes of pagan Russian

The premiere success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev.

True

The success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev.

True

Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?

bassoon

Which of the following are characteristics of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and which are not?

dissonance polytonality large orchestra

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

false

Which describes the pace of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens, heard in this excerpt?

fast with consistent pulse

In The Rite of Spring some of Stravinsky's melodies quote Russian - songs.

folk

Which describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

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?

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?

tune played first by French horns and then by flutes