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What type of opening does the smphony open with
Imposing openign, a unison line for the whole orchestra
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What is the key of the opening, how is not obvious from the first phase
The key is B minor, but isn't obvious because it contains two notes foreign to the key
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The phrase in then rpeated, with a new continuation into which new key
D major
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After the repeat, a faster thematic element enters leaving us undecided between which two keys
B minor and D major
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What is typical opening for German allegros
They key is made obvious from the onset
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What principle does the hovering between two keys relate too
A relation to folk principles with two modal centers (peremennost)
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What is it called when you play in longer note values
augmentation
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What did Borodin see his first theme as?
Russian warriors (bogatyri)
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What knickname did the symphony gain
bogatyrskaya
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BEGINING OF In the Steppes of Central Asia and Prince Igor
ASIA OREINTAL ASIA ORIENTAL ASIA ORIENTAL
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For what occasion was In the Steppes of Central Asia commissioned
Tsar Alexander II's silver jubilee 1880
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What two themes are present in In the Steppes of Central Asia
It's oriental in character, the other style is Russian folk music. They later meet together
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What does In the Steppes of Central Asia depict
caravan of camels, men, and goods moving through and asian desert under protection of Russian guards
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What was Borodin's only opera
Pince Igor
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What two forces are present in Prince Igor What piece of Glinka's can these same forces be seen
The Russians and Polovstians. Can be seen in Glinka's Life
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Who were the Polovstians
Known as the Cumans nomads ranging from south eastern Europe to central Asia
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What of the balance in Prince Igor
Russians and Polovstians are presented with equal balance (because the piece is unfinished this can't be seen)
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What is considered an encyclopedia of Orientalism
Borodin's Polovstian Acts
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Describe the chorus of Act II in Prince Igor
For female voice it's slow and harmony moves very little
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Prince Igor features a long pedal. What was a long pedal symbolic of in Western Europe and Russia
In Europe it was a sign of tension and expectation while is Russian music it was the opposite (avoid tension)
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Over the pedal, Prince Igor shows what type of patterns
Arabesque
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Oriental melodies often featured which intervals
augmented second, reflecting Turkic music
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What type of music is heard in Borodin's dance of the boys
fast triplet ostinato patterns represent the wild and fire of the Polovstians
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What is characteristic of Oriental music
Woodwinds, especially those that use double reed
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Which instruments use a double reed
English horn, oboe or bassoon
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What are the typical meters of drum in Orientalism
3/8 or 6/8
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