The Fairlight CMI synthesizer’s “ORCH5” sound, a common sample in pop music, is a pitched-down version of a chord in this ballet consisting of the notes A and E. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ballet whose protagonist, Prince Ivan, kills Koschei the Deathless by destroying a giant egg.
ANSWER: The Firebird [or L’Oiseau de feu or Zhar-ptitsa]
[10e] The Firebird is a ballet by this Russian composer who composed the music for The Rite of Spring.
ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky [or Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky]
[10h] In The Firebird, the chord that inspired the ORCH5 hit opens this sequence where Koschei and his monstrous subjects are made to move uncontrollably before falling asleep from exhaustion.
ANSWER: “Infernal Dance” [or the Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei, or the Infernal Dance of All Koschei's Subjects]
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