《Fox》 - Fox

Japanese: 《きつね》 - きつね
《Fox》 - Fox

...These three early ballets used Russian folk-style four- or five-note melodies, free rhythms that did not follow traditional metrical structures, innovative orchestration, and collage-like composition, creating new musical space and time. Stravinsky, who was unable to return to his homeland due to the start of World War I, pushed for a nationalistic direction in works such as the ballet "The Wedding" and the opera "The Fox." At the same time, he reduced the size of the large orchestras he had used up until that point and gradually changed his style to "Neoclassicism," with clear tonality and simple, clear rhythms. "The Soldier's Tale," "Pulcinella," "Symphonies for Wind Instruments," and "Wind Octet" are representative works of the Neoclassical period, in which the Russian color faded and the classical style of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe was imitated and borrowed. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "fox" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この初期の三大バレエ音楽は,ロシア民謡風の4音ないし5音の旋律,従来の拍節構造によらない自由なリズム,斬新なオーケストレーション,コラージュ風の構成法を用いており,新しい音楽的空間と音楽的時間を生みだした。 第1次世界大戦の開始によって祖国に戻れなくなったストラビンスキーは,バレエ曲《結婚》やオペラ《きつね》などで民族主義的な方向をおし進めると同時に,これまでの大編成のオーケストラを縮小し,明白な調性と簡潔明瞭なリズムによる〈新古典主義〉に徐々にスタイルを変化させていった。《兵士の物語》《プルチネラ》《管楽器群のためのシンフォニーズ》《管楽八重奏曲》は,新古典主義時代の代表的な作品で,ロシア的な色彩はうすくなり,ヨーロッパの17,18世紀の古典的なスタイルが模倣・借用されている。…

※「《きつね》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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