This ballet's conceit was expanded from a programmatic piano concerto into a full story by Alexander Benois. Benois abandoned its original conception as a duel provoked by an arpeggio fan, who goads an exhausted orchestra into a series of trumpet blasts. In its final tableau, a clarinet and tuba depict "the peasant and the bear" and other set-pieces such as "the dance of the coachmen and grooms" animating a Shrovetide fair. The title figure's frustration is represented by two clarinets simultaneously playing in C major and F sharp major, creating this ballet's namesake chord. At the end, the title character's ghost co
This ballet's conceit was expanded from a programmatic piano concerto into a full story by Alexander Benois. Benois abandoned its original conception as a duel provoked by an arpeggio fan, who goads an exhausted orchestra into a series of trumpet blasts. In its final tableau, a clarinet and tuba depict "the peasant and the bear" and other set-pieces such as "the dance of the coachmen and grooms" animating a Shrovetide fair. The title figure's frustration is represented by two clarinets simultaneously playing in C major and F sharp major, creating this ballet's namesake chord. At the end, the title character's ghost condemns the magician who has allowed a Moor to kill him, as his body leaks sawdust below. For 10 points, name this ballet about a puppet who is brought to life, which was composed by Igor Stravinsky.
This ballet's conceit was expanded from a programmatic piano concerto into a full story by Alexander Benois.
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