Principles of Orchestration - Part 23
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Part 23

* _Sadko_, Opera [[165]]--Juxtaposition and Superposition.

No. 154. _Sadko_ [[338]]--Same distribution.

No. 155. _Servilia_ [[73]] 3 Fl + 2 Ob., Cl./4 Horns.

* No. 156. _Legend of Kitesh_, before [[157]]--3 Flutes, 3 Trombones.

" " " final chord (cf. Table III of chords, Ex. 15).

* _The Golden c.o.c.kerel_, before [[219]]--Mixed timbre of wood-wind, 4 Horns.

b) Crossing.

* _The Christmas Night_, before [[53]]--Horn, f.a.g.

" " " [[107]]--Clar., Horn, f.a.g.

* _Legend of Tsar Saltan_, before [[62]]--Horn, f.a.g.

* _The Golden c.o.c.kerel_ [[220]]--3 Trombones, 2 f.a.g., C-f.a.g. (cf. Ex.

232).

* No. 157. _Antar_, before [[30]]--Wood-wind, Horns, then Trumpets.

c) Enclosure:

No. 158. _Ivan the Terrible_, Act I [[33]]--Flutes within horns; later horns within ba.s.soons.

No. 159. _Snegourotchka_ [[183]]--Trumpet/Fl., 2 Cl./Trumpet

* _Sadko_, symphonic tableau [[3]]--Cl. + f.a.g./4 Horns/Cl. + f.a.g.

* _Antar_ before [[37]]--f.a.g./2 Horns (+)/Cl.

* _Sadko_, Opera [[105]]--Harmonic basis; oboes within trumpets (cf.

Ex. 260).

* No. 160. _Sadko_, Opera, before [[155]]--Flutes within trumpets.

* _The Tsar's Bride_, end of Overture--Ba.s.soons within horns (cf.

Table III of chords, Ex. 14).

* No. 161. _Tsar Saltan_ [[50]]--Trumpets within wood-wind doubled.

No. 162. " " [[59]]--Flutes within trumpets; clarinets within horns.

* No. 163. _Legend of Kitesh_ [[82]]--Oboes and clarinets within trumpets.

The relations.h.i.+p which has been shown to exist between stopped horns and oboe or Eng. horn authorizes the simultaneous use of these instruments in one and the same chord, played _p_ or _sfp_:

[Music]

_Examples:_

* _The Christmas Night_ [[75]]--3 Horns (+) + Oboe.

_The Tsar's Bride_ [[123]]--Ob., Eng. horn, Horn (+) (cf. Ex. 240).

* _Legend of Kitesh_ [[244]]--Cl., 2 Fl., + 2 Ob., Eng. horn, 3 Horn (+).

* No. 164. _Legend of Kitesh_, before [[256]]--2 Ob., Eng. horn/3 Horns (+)] 8.

* Cf. also _Tsar Saltan_, before [[115]]--Horn (+)/2 Fl. + 2 f.a.g. (Ex.

110).

If trumpets and trombones take part in a chord, flutes, oboes and clarinets are better used to form the harmonic part above the trumpets. The following should be the arrangement:

[Music] etc.

[Music] etc.

_Examples:_

* _Sadko_, symphonic tableau [[20]].

* No. 165. _The May Night_, Act I [[Ee]]--3 Trombones, 2 Ob.

+ 2 Cl. + 2 f.a.g.

" " " p. 325.--Final chord, _C_ maj. (cf.

Table I of chords, Ex. 1).

* No. 166. _Snegourotchka_ [[198]]; cf. also [[200]] and before [[210]].

* _Sheherazade_, 1st movement [[E]], 2nd movement [[P]], 3rd movement [[M]], 4th movement p. 203 (cf. Ex. 195, 19, 210, 77).

No. 167. _The Christmas Night_ [[205]]; cf. also [[161]], [[212]], 14th bar. (Ex. 100, 153).

* _Mlada_, end of Act I (cf. Chord Table II, Ex. 13). Act II [[20]].

No. 168-169. _Sadko_, Opera, before [[249]], [[302]]; cf. also Ex.

120.

No. 170. _Sadko_, Opera [[244]]--Chord of widely extended range; ba.s.soons at the limit of low compa.s.s.

" " [[142]], [[239]]; cf. also [[3]] (Ex. 86).