Attempt a page of story-telling orchestration. In addition to the Respighi scores already mentioned, analyze others such as Impressioni dal Vero by Malipiero (the owl, the woodpecker, cypresses, etc.), Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, certain sections of Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky (orchestrated by Ravel), and Pacific 231 by Honegger. Attempt to imitate sounds and actions from everyday life: such as children at play, machines at work, church bells ringing, waterfront sounds, and so on. It is said that Leoš Janáček frequented the market place to write down actual speech sounds to be used in his music. The relation of Sibelius' Tapiola to the arctic winds and forests is movingly clear.
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