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Question: TMA 02 Part 3 Music 86%
For this part of the TMA you will need to listen to Track 10 on the TMA CD. You will hear the “First Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair” from Petrushka by Stravinsky. Listen to the track a few times and then answer the question below in up to 300 words on continuous prose.
How does Stravinsky combine the elements of music, introduced to you in Unit 3, to establish the atmosphere of the fair?
Answer: Stravinsky begins the piece with a high-pitched flourish of woodwind instruments, such as the flute and clarinet and is then accompanied by the strings which increase in volume to meet with a fanfare of trumpets, it sounds like the fair is opening. Rhythm plays a key role throughout the entirety of the piece, fluctuating sounds are created as the fluttering of the woodwind section meet with the loud sharp sounds of the strings....(short extract)
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- Subject: Music
- Course: A103
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 86%
- Words: 500
- Date submitted: January 13, 2009
- Date written: August, 2004
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 100
