Written to celebrate the 25th year of Alexander II's reign, this work was dedicated to Franz Liszt, and opens with a quiet, bare high E on the violins that depicts the desolation of the title locale. An English horn then comes in and its oriental theme is meant to suggest a band of native merchants. As in his unfinished Prince Igor, the composer us
Written to celebrate the 25th year of Alexander II's reign, this work was dedicated to Franz Liszt, and opens with a quiet, bare high E on the violins that depicts the desolation of the title locale. An English horn then comes in and its oriental theme is meant to suggest a band of native merchants. As in his unfinished Prince Igor, the composer uses a Russian folk song that emerges out of the background, though here it is accompanied by a pizzicato string theme, suggesting camels crossing the sand. For 10 points, identify this tone poem named for the plain region of a large continent, a work by Alexander Borodin.
Written to celebrate the 25th year of Alexander II's reign, this work was dedicated to Franz Liszt, and opens with a quiet, bare high E on the violins that depicts the desolation of the title locale.
{In the Steppes of Central Asia}