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« Reply #15 on: 14:37:04, 24-08-2007 »
Quote from: Stevo on 14:22:38, 24-08-2007
Can I just say that that the C major which opens "Behold my spacious kingdom" is one of the greatest sounds of the 20th century.

I hope you don't mind me in that case saying what a wonderful job Bartók did of subverting that magical outpouring by putting everything in parallel major triads. Smiley Don't know if he intended it but to me that's always suggested a sly comment on Bluebeard's ostentation there - as though there's not much substance behind the splendour.
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« Reply #16 on: 15:24:37, 24-08-2007 »
...or indeed the splendour of when he brings the chords back in parallel minor triads, in the brass  Shocked
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