One work for this instrument and orchestra depicts the entrance to Connia's Well as well as an object which symbolized the muse called Dathi.
One work for this instrument and orchestra depicts the entrance to Connia's Well as well as an object which symbolized the muse called Dathi. That work, The Five Sacred Trees, was written for Judith Leclair by John Williams, and Arthur Weisberg developed a system for this instrument designed to eliminate the need for flicking. Camille Saint-Saens allegedly stormed out of the premiere of one work due to its misuse of this instrument. Its Renaissance predecessor was the dulcian, and today it is made using the Heckel and Buffet systems. It plays above the low strings to introduce the first theme in Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, and a high solo from this instrument opens Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. For 10 points, identify this double-reed woodwind instrument which represents the grandfather in Peter and the Wolf, whose "contra" variety is the lowest member of the woodwind section in the orchestra.
One work for this instrument and orchestra depicts the entrance to Connia's Well as well as an object which symbolized the muse called Dathi.
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