Chapter 46 - Listening Guide Quiz 38: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Trepak

Which best describes the form of Trepak?

A-B-A

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the clip that they best describe. These excerpts are from both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak.

Excerpt B 0:07: full orchestra + tambourine Excerpt D 0:07: woodwinds and strings in dialogue, with celesta Excerpt A 0:08: pizzicato strings

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe Trepak.

Trepak is one dance from a set of dances found in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a ballet from 1892. It is a Russian dance featuring squat-kicks and an energetic rhythm. The instrumentation features a tambourine with the strings and woodwinds that enlivens the rhythm and orchestral sound.

Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?

homophonic

Here is the A section of Trepak: (Trepak, A section, 0:28) And here is the B section: (Trepak, B section, 0:21) Which best describes this excerpt? (Trepak, 0:23)

it sounds like the A section

Here is the A section of Trepak: (Trepak, A section, 0:28) And here is the B section: (Trepak, B section, 0:21) Which section is this? (Trepak, 0:21)

its the B section

Listen to the following music excerpts from Trepak and drag them to the correct location on the timeline below.

low strings 0:21 (Blue): 2nd lively dance 0:28 (Red): 1st dance quickens 0:23 (Purple): 3rd

Which best describes the texture of Trepak?

single melody line with accompaniment (homophony)

Which percussion instrument is most prominently featured in this piece (particularly beginning around thirteen seconds into the excerpt)?

tambourine

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker.

texture- homophonic form- three-part