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Russian voices
From Glinka to Shostakovich: a century of Russian music, in the order it was written.
Glinka → Balakirev → Mussorgsky → Borodin → Rimsky-Korsakov → Tchaikovsky → Rachmaninoff → Scriabin → Prokofiev → Shostakovich
Islamey, Op. 18
This guide follows Balakirev’s Islamey, Op. 18 (1869) in one part (theme and variations).
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The restless dance (A) opens the piece with a -like . A short leads to the slower, songlike (B), which is then varied three times, with the decoration growing each . A′ brings back the opening, more brilliant and faster ( ). The that follows is marked .
- A
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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