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Chapter 42_ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Act IV, finale (1).
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Chapter 42: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, ActIV, finale
ballet - ANS-a story told through music and dance
When did composers begin to write full-length ballets with extended plots? - ANS-the last
quarter of the nineteenth century
choreographer - ANS-the individual responsible for devising the dancer's moments in ballet
syncopated rhythm - ANS-a type of rhythm in which the notes run against the regular pulse of
the musical meter, with accents on beats other than the ones usually accented
contour - ANS-the general shape of a melody; up, down, up and down, down and up
orchestration - ANS-the manner in which various instruments are assigned to the musical lines
scenario - ANS-the story line of a ballet
A ballet is essentially a(n) - ANS-opera without words
What effect does Rothbart's spell have on Odette? - ANS-By day she is a swan, by night a
princess.
At the end of the ballet, how is Rothbart's spell broken? - ANS-Odette leaps to her death.
Who is responsible for interpreting a ballet's scenario? - ANS-the choreographer
While Tchaikovksy's music provides clear points of reference for the most dramatic moments,
the music is still abstract enough that - ANS-choreographers have staged the finale in various
ways
Tchaikovsky's career as a composer was made possible by - ANS-financial support from a
wealthy widow
Tchaikovsky's intensely private nature helped him conceal his - ANS-homosexuality
What is a scenario? - ANS-a basic outline of the story to be told through music and dance
How does the use of the oboe influence the character of the "Swan Theme"? - ANS-It gives the
melody a sense of plaintive longing.
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