A musical depiction of these things opens with rippling triplet 32nds from F to B-flat swelling to a black-key glissando, and ends with echoes of La Marseillaise clashing with low tremolos.
A musical depiction of these things opens with rippling triplet 32nds from F to B-flat swelling to a black-key glissando, and ends with echoes of La Marseillaise clashing with low tremolos. Stravinsky alluded to Dukas in his scherzo "gift" for Nadia Rimsky-Korsakov depicting these phenomena, which earned him the commission for The Firebird. A piece meant to be paired with a display of these things features a "Largo alla siciliana" called "La Paix." The last piece in the second book of Debussy's Preludes depicts these things, during Bastille Day. For one of these events in London, a suite for wind band with 24 oboes debuted; that Handel work accompanied "Royal" ones of these to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. For 10 points, name these explosive spectacles.
A musical depiction of these things opens with rippling triplet 32nds from F to B-flat swelling to a black-key glissando, and ends with echoes of La Marseillaise clashing with low tremolos.
fireworks displays [prompt on "fire" or "rockets"; accept Feux d'artifice, Feyerverk, or Music for the Royal Fireworks]