Playable BooksNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 17 of 100
a) Violins
Read and hear this section in the playable edition →Melody in the soprano-alto register and an extra-high compass usually falls to the lot of the 1st Violins, sometimes to the 2nd Violins or to both in unison, a process which produces fuller resonance without impairing quality of tone.
Examples:
The Tsar's Bride 84.[C]—Pianissimo melody (Vns I) of a troubled dramatic character. Harmonic accompaniment (Vns II and Violas tremolando—middle parts; the Violoncellos forming the bass).
Antar, before 70.—Descending melodic phrase, Vns I con sordini piano.
No. 1. Shéhérazade 2nd movement B. A piano melody (Vns I) graceful in character.
Antar 12. Light graceful melody, oriental in style; a dance measure (Vns I con sord.), the mutes producing a dull ethereal quality of tone.
No. 2. The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitesh 283.
No. 3. Spanish Capriccio J. Vns I in the upper register doubling the high register of the wood-wind. Choice resonance.