FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100  
101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   123   124   125   >>   >|  
and wind. 1. We frequently meet with the combination of strings and wood-wind in the light of comparison of one timbre with another, either in long sustained notes, or _tremolando_ in the strings. Apart from the complete or partial doubling of the string quartet (two methods frequently used), the general and most natural arrangement is: Fl./Ob. (Cl.) + Vns div.; Clar./Fag. + 'Cellos + Violas div., etc. _Examples:_ * _Sadko_, Symphonic Tableau before [[4]], and [[4]], 9th bar. * _Sheherazade_, 1st movement [[M]] 6 Vns soli + 2 Ob. (2 Fl.), Cl. * _Antar_ [[7]]--String quartet _divisi_ + wood-wind (cf. Ex. 151). * No. 171. _Antar_ [[57]]--Vns II, Violas div. + Fl., Horn (florid accompaniment in the Clar.). * _Legend of Kitesh_ [[295]]--the same; rhythmic motion in the wind, sustained harmony in the strings (cf. Ex. 213). 2. Owing to the complete absence of any affinity in tone quality, the combination of strings with brass is seldom employed in juxtaposition, crossing, or enclosure of parts. The first method may be used however when the harmony is formed by the strings _tremolando_, and the brass is employed in sustaining chords, also when the strings play short disconnected chords, _sforzando_. Another possible exception may be mentioned; the splendid effect of horns doubled by divided violas or 'cellos. _Examples:_ _Snegourotchka_ [[242]]--Full brass + strings _tremolando_ (cf. 1st Table of chords, Ex. 6). * _Legend of Kitesh_, before [[240]]--the same (Horn, Trumpet +). * _Sadko_, Opera, before [[34]]--Horn + Violas _div._, Trombones + 'Cellos _div._[16] [Footnote 16: A splendid example of the combination of strings and brass may be found in the introduction to the 2nd scene of the 4th act of "_Khovanstchina_" by Moussorgsky, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov. (Editor's note.)] C. Combination of the three groups. The combination of strings, wood-wind and brass instruments, set side by side, produces a full, round and firm tone. _Examples:_ No. 172. _The Tsar's Bride_, before [[145]]--Ob., Fag. + Horns + Strings. " " " final chord (cf. Table I of chords, Ex. 5). * No. 173. _Sadko_, end of 1st tableau--short chords. Last chords of the 1st, 3rd and 7th tableaux (cf. Table I and III, Vol. II, Ex. 9, 10, 18). * No. 174. _The Christmas Night_ [[22]]--Wind + Brass _c. sord._ + _tremolo_ strings.
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   76   77   78   79   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100  
101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   123   124   125   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

strings

 
chords
 

combination

 

Violas

 

Examples

 

tremolando

 
splendid
 
employed
 

harmony

 
Legend

Kitesh

 

frequently

 

quartet

 

complete

 

sustained

 

Cellos

 

introduction

 

Christmas

 
Rimsky
 

Moussorgsky


Khovanstchina

 

orchestrated

 

Trumpet

 

tremolo

 
Snegourotchka
 

Footnote

 
Trombones
 

cellos

 

Strings

 
tableau

Combination

 

Editor

 

groups

 

tableaux

 

produces

 

instruments

 
Korsakov
 

crossing

 

Symphonic

 

Tableau


arrangement

 

natural

 

general

 

String

 
divisi
 
Sheherazade
 

movement

 

methods

 
comparison
 

timbre