In one work, this instrument plays arpeggios for a few bars at the end of the first movement, in Andante tranquillo.
This instrument was first used in Ernest Chausson's incidental music for The Tempest. Cowbells and this instrument are heard in the development of the first movement of Mahler's 6th Symphony, and Mahler also used it to represent eternity at the end of Das Lied ► von der Erde. At the end of the "Neptune", the Mystic section of The Planets, a woman's chorus sings with glissandi on the harps and chords on this instrument. In one work, this instrument plays arpeggios for a few bars at the end of the first movement, in Andante tranquillo. This instrument also gets a solo in The Nutcracker's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies". For 10 points, name this bell-like keyboard instrument which is featured in the title of a BÃ©la BartÃ³k piece with strings and percussion.
This instrument was first used in Ernest Chausson's incidental music for The Tempest.
celestaÂ [orÂ celeste]