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Dance of the Tumblers

From “Snow Maiden”

By: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakoff

Arr. by Sandra Dackow 

Dynamics

Tempo:

80 bpm 

Allegro = lively 

Duration: 3:25 min

C Major Scale, no flats or sharps

Dynamics:

The song starts in ƒƒ which is fortissimo, meaning in a very loud form. The Dynamics of the song changed throughout the whole piece. It went from ƒƒ to mezzo Piano (mP)  sometimes but it mostly stayed loud and lively.

Background:

This piece was written in 1882 for the “Snow Maiden” opera and play in Moscow and in St. Petersburg Russia. It talks about mythological gods, the gods of winter, summer, spring, autumn.  

 

Recorded by The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby

By: John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Arr. by Larry Moore

Tempo:

138 bpm

Moderately = steady beat

Duration 2:06  min

G major scales, no flats, one sharp (F #sharp)

Dynamics:

The song starts with Mezzo Forte (mƒ) and it stays almost the same throughout the whole song, it is a sad and depressing song.

Background:

This piece was written by The Beatles and it was released to the public on 5 August 1966. This song is mostly depressing and sad. Emotionally I feel sad.

 

Russian Sailors Dance

From “The Red Poppy”

By: Reinhold Gliere

Arr. by Michael Allen

Tempo:

The tempo changes during the song

Allegro 120bpm = lively and fast

Pesante 72 bpm = Heavy

Moderato 84 bpm = Moderately soft as beat count

Animato 112 bpm = Animated lively and fast

Presto 128 bpm = Rapidissimo magic

Piu Presto 144  bpm = Piu is more, so more Rapidissimo 

Duration 3:31 min

F minor scale, no sharps, one flat F flat 

The tempo in this song varies. In the begging, the song starts with a tempo of Allegro = 120 bpm, but as it keeps going, the song changes to Pesante, and so on in the order on the top

Dynamics:

The Dynamics don't move that much but they do stay on the ƒ side. You can find mezzo Forte (mƒ), forte (ƒ), fortissimo (ƒƒ), and fortissississimo (ƒƒƒ) in this piece.

Background

This piece was written in 1927 for the “Red Poppy” ballet act in Moscow, Soviet Union. It talks about Russian sailors during the time of the Soviet Union, that are traveling in the calm sea and out of nowhere a storm hits them and everything became furious and angry.

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