The melody's effect is rather indirect: the evocation of being out of doors at night in the plain and hearing the shepherd play his melody. The effect on the listener is not primarily the esthetic effect of the melody. For instance, a pastoral flute and its melody are portrayed in The Night's Music from Out of Doors. Melodies are portrayed in the music, rather than being a direct means of (self-)expression.Evocations of the mood of night and spaciousness.Milan Kundera, in commenting on Bartók's expansion of art music with natural sounds, writes "sounds of nature inspire Bartók to melodic motives of a rare strangeness". Also the term nature music is sometimes used. The direct imitations of natural sounds, mostly of nocturnal animals.This sound portrayal includes:Ī cicada, Tibicen linnei, of which the sound features in night music An example of Bartók's focus on sound quality are the minute directions on how the percussion instruments in the Sonata for two pianos and percussion have to be played.
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