Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31
This guide follows Saint-Saëns’s Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 (1871) in one part (sonata form).
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Follow all 7 sections as they play
Sonata form0:41–8:12
Listen first for the spinning wheel itself: a light, whirring figure in violins and upper woodwinds that sets the pace from the opening. The enters next and later in transformed form. Section B brings the contrast: a sombre in the basses, often heard as Hercules groaning. Then the comes back in a nimble, mocking disguise, the passage the composer's note links to Omphale. The opening material in A′, and a short lets the wheel slow to a stop.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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