[No. 23.] The Legend of Tsar Saltan 227. Melody with reiterated notes, dolce, espress. e cantabile.
Sadko, Symphonic tableau 12.
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muted. A short dance phrase pianissimo, given first to the violas, then to the violins (cf. [Ex. 6]).
[No. 24.] Sadko, opera 207. Perhaps an unique example of its kind; violins playing in the very extremity of the high register.
Note. This passage is difficult but nevertheless quite playable. One or two desks of the 1st Violins are sufficient to double the melody in the upper octave, all the other 1st Violins can play the octave below. In this way the piercing quality of the highest notes will be diminished, the melody will acquire a clearer and more pleasant sound, and the expressive tone quality of the lower octave will be strengthened.
*The Golden Cockerel 156.
* " " " 165.
* Antar, 1st movement 11.
* [No. 25.] Ivan the Terrible, Act III 63.