The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonal device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music. These two major triads, C major and F♯ major – a tritone apart – clash, "horribly with each other", when sounded together and create a dissonant chord.[1]
^Pogue, David (1997). Classical Music for Dummies, p. 80. ISBN 0-7645-5009-8
The Petrushkachord is a recurring polytonal device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music. These two major triads, C major and...
century. The Petrushkachord is a recurring polytonal device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music. In the Petrushkachord, two major...
be found in Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, p. 15, and Rite of Spring, "Dance of the Adolescents" (1921) (see Petrushkachord). In the polychords in the image...
separate chords: Thus polychords do not necessarily suggest polytonality, but they may not be explained as a single tertian chord. The Petrushkachord is an...
the second bar, played on E (E13#11). Elektra chordPetrushkachord Psalms chord Thirteenth Tristan chord In the same manner that a dominant seventh, built...
the third such major project, after the acclaimed Firebird (1910) and Petrushka (1911). The concept behind The Rite of Spring, developed by Roerich from...
only twice, at high and low extremes." Elektra chord Mystic chordPetrushkachord Psalms Tristan chord Mellers, Wilfrid (1971). "1930: Symphony of Psalms"...
In music theory, a dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord, is a seventh chord, composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor...
third – 3 modes, 6 transpositions. (Modes are "mirror" inversions of PetrushkaChord modes.) Truncation of modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7: major third, tone...
for those chords are listed in the footnotes. Elliott Carter had earlier (1960–67) produced a numbered listing of pitch class sets, or "chords", as Carter...
] is enharmonically equivalent to the Petrushkachord; it means a C major chord ( C E G(♮) ) + G♭ major chord's 2nd inversion ( D♭ G♭ B♭ ). The two-semitone...
commissioned Stravinsky to write three ballets: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913). These ballets remain Stravinsky's...
de Petrouchka or Three Movements from Petrushka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet Petrushka by the composer Igor Stravinsky for the...
In music, the dominant 7♯9 chord ("dominant seven sharp nine" or "dominant seven sharp ninth") is a chord built by combining a dominant seventh, which...
fame and leading to future Diaghilev–Stravinsky collaborations including Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913). The Firebird's mortal and supernatural...
memorable performance." Like many of Stravinsky's other works, including Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, the Symphony of Psalms occasionally employs the...
reworking of his earlier Chopiniana), The Firebird, Le Spectre de la Rose, Petrushka, and Daphnis and Chloé . After a longstanding tumultuous relationship...
In music theory, chord substitution is the technique of using a chord in place of another in a progression of chords, or a chord progression. Much of...
three ballets for the Ballets Russes' Paris seasons: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot...
Global Information