Listening Guide 44: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Part I, excerpts

Which of the following statements correctly describe the excerpts from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?

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

Which instrument is featured in this opening melody, followed by strings and clarinet?

basson

Which best describes the pace of the music in the next section, heard in this excerpt?

fast with constent pulse

Which of the following correctly describe the chords heard throughout this section of The Rite of Spring?

irregularly accented dissonaint

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

pizzicto

Which of the descriptions below correctly describe the music at the very beginning of this excerpt?

slow pace free-flowing rhythms

Which best describes the next passage of music in this section?

tune played by the basson

In this excerpt, loud chords played by strings alternate with other music. Which best describes the texture of the other music heard in this section?

two or more melodic ideas