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level 9 History
Prelude a L'Apres-midi d'un Faune
Question | Answer |
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structure | A B A |
genre | symphonic poem |
orchestral instruments | winds (flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinets)- strings (violins, violas, cellos, basses, harps) - French horn, antique cymbals. |
key | begins and ends with four sharps - no clear tonal centre |
opening | solo flute melody which falls and rises (C# down to G, a tritone) in a chromatic scale; indistinct rhythm, dream-like |
Stephane Mallarme | Impressionist poet whose poem inspired this work |
Date of composition and premiere | 1894 |
time signature | begins in 9/8; at times, to 6/8 and 12/8 |
tempo | tres modere |
Nijinsky | principal dancer of Ballets Russes who choreographed and performed a ballet in 1912 |
antique cymbals | small bronze discs tuned to specific pitches, played with the fingers |
Claude Debussy | French composer, 1862-1918 |
whole tone scales | scales with no half-tones |
tritone | augmented 4th or diminished 5th - the centre of an octave. Eg C - F# |