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  1. The Moor, the character with whom Petrushka vies for the Ballerina’s affections, when unable to crack a coconut with his scimitar, assumes the coconut is a god, and begins to worship it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Petrushka is a puppet made of straw and has a bag full of sawdust for his body.<\/li>\n
  3. The Shrovetide Fair is the Russian equivalent of Mardi Gras.<\/li>\n
  4. In music theory circles, Petrushka is known for its “Petrushka chord”, which are two major chords sounding a tritone apart (C and F-sharp major). It is used to represent the character of Petrushka, especially at the end of the piece, where the two trumpets play the triads together to represent Petrushka’s ghost hectoring the Charlatan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The Moor, the character with whom Petrushka vies for the Ballerina’s affections, when unable to crack a coconut with his scimitar, assumes the coconut is a god, and begins to worship it. Petrushka is a puppet made of straw and has a bag full of sawdust for his body. The Shrovetide Fair is the Russian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3328,2400,3329,3668,3325,3140],"class_list":["post-12585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-ballet","tag-carlos-kalmar","tag-chord","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-petrushka","tag-stravinsky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3gZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12579,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/09\/three-things-i-love-about-this-weeks-concert\/","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":0},"title":"three things I love about this week’s concert","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We're doing Stravinksy's great ballet Petrushka this week, and there are some definite goosebump-worthy moments taking place in the first rehearsals: Jess Sindell's scintillating solos Jeffrey Work's balletic solo (and terrifying tritone duet with Dave Bamonte) Ja'Ttik Clark's incredible evocation of a roaring bear So, you won't want to miss\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6131,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/10\/gestures-in-chicago\/","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":1},"title":"gestures in chicago","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 I love the musings of Michael Hovnanian, who is a double bass player with a Major Midwestern Orchestra (in Oprahtown). 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