In a piece with this title, an unusual augmented Âfth consisting of F-sharp-B-flat is supported by the bass progression A-Bflat-C-B flat-A.
In a piece with this title, an unusual augmented Âfth consisting of F-sharp-B-flat is supported by the bass progression A-Bflat-C-B flat-A. In that piece, a half-diminished B-D-F-A seventh chord represents a bout of lovemaking that is interrupted bya horn-based theme before resuming a half-step higher. Parisian audiences who turned out to see another composition of thistitle were given a derogatory epithet suggesting they were dandies, in contrast to the Wagnerian common folk. Charles Koechlindid the lion's share of work orchestrating another piece with this title, which includes a constant triplet turn symbolizinga spinning wheel, though it is most famous for its G minor siciliene movement. An opera of this name frequently switchesbetween formal and informal French singing, but is better known for a scene in which the female lead lets her hair down atower window, and for a love scene preceding Golaud's murder of the male lead. For 10 points, name this title of a symphonicpoem by Schoenberg, a suite derived from incidental music by Faure, and Debussy's only opera, all settings of a Maeterlinckplay about two lovers.
In a piece with this title, an unusual augmented Âfth consisting of F-sharp-B-flat is supported by the bass progression A-Bflat-C-B flat-A.
Pelleas und Melisande [or Pelleas and Melisande; or Pelleas et Melisande]