Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works

by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Spanish Capriccio—compare 1st and 3rd movement.

* [No. 192]-[195]. Shéhérazade, 1st movement—beginning of the allegro A, E, M.

" 3rd movement—beginning A, I.

" 3rd" E, G, O.

* [No. 196]-[198]. Legend of Kitesh 55, 56, 62.

* [No. 199]-[201].""" 68, 70, 84.

(Cf. also [Ex. 213], [214]. Legend of Kitesh 294 and 312.)

* [No. 202]-[203]. The Golden Cockerel 229, 233.

The process of scoring the same or similar ideas in different ways is the source of numerous musical operations, crescendo, diminuendo, interchange of tone qualities, variation of tone colour etc., and incidentally throws new light upon the fundamental composition of the orchestra.