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Subject: Music Like 20th Century classical music: 'Sabre Dance' by Aram Khachaturian
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: jugglingflow-ga
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Posted: 10 Feb 2004 16:43 PST
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Question ID: 305548
I am looking for other high energy music like that of Sabre Dance by
Aram Khachaturian.  I would be happy if I could get recommendations
for a half dozen other compositions like it.  I am interested in
classical pieces that have no vocals.  Thanks
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Subject: Re: Music Like 20th Century classical music: 'Sabre Dance' by Aram Khachaturian
From: pinkfreud-ga on 10 Feb 2004 20:10 PST
 
These are some famous classical works that begin fairly quietly, then
build and build to an exciting conclusion:

Dukas, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Grieg, "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Moussorgsky, "Night on Bald Mountain"
Ravel, "Bolero"
Tchaikovsky, "1812 Overture" and "Marche Slav"
Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyrie"

The classical piece that I think most resembles "Sabre Dance" is
Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Flight of the Bumblebee."

http://www.classicalmusic.spb.ru/ruvirtuosi/mp3/Rimskiy-Korsakov_Flight_of_the_bumblebee.MP3
Subject: Re: Music Like 20th Century classical music: 'Sabre Dance' by Aram Khachaturian
From: throatwobbler-ga on 19 Feb 2004 06:15 PST
 
Or for more instantly punchy, wild Russian music how about the
Adoration of the Earth: The maidens dances:

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/cd495/track06.rm


From Stravinsky's 1913 ballet "The Rite of Spring", it's more atonal
than Khachaturian, in that it uses some complex harmony and clusters
of pitches, but it sounds quite frantic and violent from the outset.
So much so that at its Paris premiere (in 1913) there was a riot.

The Conductor Pierre Boulez has made a fine recording.
Subject: Re: Music Like 20th Century classical music: 'Sabre Dance' by Aram Khachaturian
From: jugglingflow-ga on 19 Feb 2004 09:36 PST
 
These are all good referrals and I have enjoyed finding them and
listening to them.  I was hoping to find something like these, but
relativly unknown.  Unfortunately, I am guessing that music like this
stands out and in not easily overlooked.  I especially like the Sabre
Dance, but I feel it is too closely associated with Pee Wee Herman, or
the jugglers and plate spinners of the early 19th century.

Just for some background, I too am a juggler/magicain and was hoping
to find something fresh in this style.

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