The final portion of this work's middle section, which suggests the influence of Debussy's Homage to Rameau, ends with an instruction that it be played "without expression."  That section is paced by the soft repetition of irregularly grouped B flats that is meant to evoke the tolling of a bell as the sun sets over the carcass of a lynched man.  This composition opens with a movement that features a shimmering C sharp major figuration contrasted with a soft melody symbolizing the appearance of a deadly water nymph.  Its final section, a scherzo, that features hand crossings and repeated-note figures broken out into octaves, portrays a mean-spirited dwarf, and was composed to be more demanding than Balakirev's Islamey.  Divided into three sections, "Le Gibet," "Ondine," and "Scarbo," for 10 points, identify this 1908 work inspired by Aloysius Bertrand's poems, a w
The final portion of this work's middle section, which suggests the influence of Debussy's Homage to Rameau, ends with an instruction that it be played "without expression."  That section is paced by the soft repetition of irregularly grouped B flats that is meant to evoke the tolling of a bell as the sun sets over the carcass of a lynched man.  This composition opens with a movement that features a shimmering C sharp major figuration contrasted with a soft melody symbolizing the appearance of a deadly water nymph.  Its final section, a scherzo, that features hand crossings and repeated-note figures broken out into octaves, portrays a mean-spirited dwarf, and was composed to be more demanding than Balakirev's Islamey.  Divided into three sections, "Le Gibet," "Ondine," and "Scarbo," for 10 points, identify this 1908 work inspired by Aloysius Bertrand's poems, a work for piano by Maurice Ravel.
The final portion of this work's middle section, which suggests the influence of Debussy's Homage to Rameau, ends with an instruction that it be played "without expression."  
Gaspard de la nuit