CH 53 Stravinsky
Stravinsky quoted the melodies of French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.
F
The form of the Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is a simple minuet form.
F
The ideals of which movement describe the music of The Rite of Spring?
primitivism
Which of the following do not describe the opening of Game of Abduction?
regular and predictable accents
Which correctly describe the first eighteen seconds of The Rite of Spring, heard in this excerpt?
the bassoon plays at a slow pace. the violins play a pizzicato rhythmic figure
Which best 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
Which best describes the texture of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youth and Maidens?
two or more melodic ideas played simultaneously (polyphony)
The premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring took place in -.
Paris
Match the work by Stravinsky to the style characteristic that it reflects.
Post-Impressionism: The Firebird Primitivism: The Rite of Spring Classicism: Symphony of Psalms
What modernist musical characteristics does Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring exhibit?
Precussive dissonance polytonality polyrhythm
Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?
bassoon
Put the expert in order
0:21, 0:28, 0:28, 0:14
The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small.
F
In The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky evokes the rites of ancient -.
Russia
Which best 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 best describes the pace of the music at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens, heard in this excerpt?
fast w/ consistent pulse
In The Rite of Spring some of Stravinsky's melodies quote Russian - songs.
folk
Dance of the Youths and Maidens alternates Russian - melodies with sound blocks. A - chord repeats in a basic duple pulse, but the rhythm is unpredictable due to - accents. The section features a wide variety of -colors and dynamics.
folk-song dissonant irregular instrumental
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 playing technique is featured by the strings in this short passage from the Introduction?
pizzicato
Which best describes the texture of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?
polyphonic
What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
scenes of pagan Russia
Which best describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
sectional, with opening section recurring several times
Who of the following were associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?
Nijinsky Picasso Karsavin
Where did Stravinsky live during the last years of his life?
US
Match the characteristics of the Introduction of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring to their correct musical elements.
harmony: dissonance rhythm: shifting meter timbre: high-range bassoon
Which describe the choreography for The Rite of Spring?
it was created by Vaslav Nijinsky. It was groundbreaking. It involved dancers jumping up and down in place
Which best describes the performing ensemble in Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
Orchestra
Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?
rhythm
True or false: The following clip is from Dance of the Youths and Maidens:
False
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
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.
T
The success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev.
T
Which of the following are ballets written by Stravinsky?
The Firebird Petrushka
Beginning with his -, Stravinsky was a leader in the revitalization of - in European art music.
ballets rhythm
Which of the following are characteristics of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and which are not?
dissonance polytonality large orchestra
Which of the following correctly describe the chords heard at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens from The Rite of Spring?
dissonant irregularly accented
Which best 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 best 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
