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Which is the correct order in which these instruments are significantly heard in the first minute of the piece? |
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Flute, harp, strings (violins), horn |
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Harp, horn, violins, flute |
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Horn, harp, violins, flute |
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Violins, flute, horn, harp |
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Sometimes in music a pattern 'gets stuck' (like the repeated rhythm in Holst's Mars); sometimes one note or pitch clings on while the rest of the music rises or drops against it. In the Firebird Finale there is a lowish drone early on, but the last-but-one chord (just before the 3-minute mark) arrives while the trumpets have been hanging onto one note against all opposition. What is the technical term for such a musical device? |
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Ostinato |
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Pedal |
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Tenuto |
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Crescendo |
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What is the technical term for the 'glide' (usually upwards) played by a harpist ~ as, here, 30-and-a-few seconds into the performance? |
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Crescendo |
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Glissando |
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Sforzando |
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Rallentando |
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The underlying rhythm in the early stages of this piece is steady but very relaxed. How many beats are there to the bar? |
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Two |
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Three |
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Four |
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Six |
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During the long opening buildup of this piece, many of the instruments play not just 'straight' notes, but with a quivering texture according to their technique (jiggling their bows, fluttering their tongues or whatever). This helps create a sense of excitement and tension, perhaps even of the sight of the Firebird rising amid flickering flame. What is the technical musical term for such a manner of playing? |
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Trill |
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Tremolando |
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Aquiver |
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Shaken |
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At around 1'45" the tune is 'thrown around' more boldly between some more noble and assertive instruments: which are they? |
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Bassoon and cymbals |
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Trumpets and kettledrums |
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Horns and castanets |
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Guitars and drums |
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How many separate harp parts are going on within all this, in the original version? |
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Just one |
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A couple |
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Three |
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Four |
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Appropriately, this music was used to accompany the lighting of the torch at a recent Olympiad ... in which year and city? |
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Beijing 2008 |
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Vancouver 2010 (winter) |
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London 2012 |
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Sochi 2014 (winter) |
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