Question
Answer the following about folk influences in the works of Antonín Dvořák, for 10 points each.
[10e] Three movements of Dvořák’s “American” String Quartet have themes that use this scale common in folk music. The major version of this scale omits the fourth and seventh scale degrees, and so can be played using only the black keys of a piano.
ANSWER: pentatonic scale
[10h] The furiant, a Bohemian folk dance that alternates between 2/4 (“two-four”) and 3/4 (“three-four”) time, is used in Dvořák’s A major piece for this chamber ensemble, his second. Shostakovich’s piece for this ensemble in G minor opens with a “Prelude” and “Fugue.”
ANSWER: piano quintet [prompt on quintet]
[10m] This form inspired by Ukrainian folk ballads is used in all six movements of Dvořák’s fourth piano trio, lending it its nickname. In classical music, this Slavic form is typically pensive, interspersed with cheerful episodes.
ANSWER: dumka [accept “Dumky” Trio, Op. 90]
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