One section of this work opens with a flute trill beneath a soft clarinet rhythm before heavy string beats intrude, later augmented by a tam-tam part. One section of this work has a large chord, combining an F-flat chord on the bottom and an E-flat seventh chord on top, pulse repeatedly with irregular accents. Its first part ends with a fanfare-laden (*) "Dance of the Earth," while earlier sections include "Game of Abduction" and "Games of Rival Tribes." This piece opens
One section of this work opens with a flute trill beneath a soft clarinet rhythm before heavy string beats intrude, later augmented by a tam-tam part. One section of this work has a large chord, combining an F-flat chord on the bottom and an E-flat seventh chord on top, pulse repeatedly with irregular accents. Its first part ends with a fanfare-laden (*) "Dance of the Earth," while earlier sections include "Game of Abduction" and "Games of Rival Tribes." This piece opens with a solo bassoon straining in its upper registers and ends with a sacrifice in which a young woman dances herself to death. Subtitled "Pictures of Pagan Russia," for 10 points, name this ballet which caused riots at its 1913 premiere by Igor Stravinsky.
One section of this work opens with a flute trill beneath a soft clarinet rhythm before heavy string beats intrude, later augmented by a tam-tam part.
The {Rite} of {Spring} [or Le {sacre du printemps}]