Playable BooksNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 23 of 100
Melody in double octaves
Read and hear this section in the playable edition →a) | Vns I | ] | 8 | or | Vns I | ] | 8
Vns II Violas | ] | 8 | Vns II 'Cellos | ] | 8
may be used for full cantabile melodies extremely tense in character, and in forte passages for choice.
Example:
No. 32. Antar 65.—
Vns I | ] | 8.
Vns II Violas + 'Cellos | ] | 8.
b) | Violas | ] | 8 | or | Vns I + II | ] | 8 | or | Vns I + II + Violas | ] | 8
'Cellos D. basses | ] | 8 | Violas +'Cellos D. basses | ] | 8 | 'Cellos D. basses | ] | 8
are employed when the low register of each instrument is brought into play, and also to suit phrases of a rough and severe character.
Examples:
Legend of Kitesh 66, opening of the 2nd Act.
No. 33. Snegourotchka 215. Tumblers' dance.
Note. The lack of balance in the distribution: Vns I + II +Violas ] 8 'Cellos D. basses ] 8 is not of any great importance, for, in such cases, the partial harmonics of one octave support the tone of the other, and vice versa.