Richard Taruskin explored the tension between order and chaos in this work's namesake bitonal chord, composed of Â C Major and F-sharp major triads.
This work's creation was motivated by a Konzertstuck that its composer played for its producer in Lausanne, and the influence of that piece can be heard in the piano featured prominently in its Second Tableau. The Third Tableau quotes Styrian Dances and Die Schonbrunner, two dance tunes by Josef Lanner. Richard Taruskin explored the tension between order and chaos in this work's namesake bitonal chord, composed of Â C Major and F-sharp major triads. Â The (*) "Russian Dance" sequence in the First Tableau quotes one of five Russian peasant songs in this work and it occurs immediately after a flute is played by the Charlatan, bringing the main characters to life. FTP, identify this Diaghilev ballet about animated puppets in which the title character pursues the Ballerina, only to be killed by the Moor and reappear as a ghost, a work by Igor Stravinsky.
This work's creation was motivated by a Konzertstuck that its composer played for its producer in Lausanne, and the influence of that piece can be heard in the piano featured prominently in its Second Tableau.
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