A character in one of this composer's ballets is represented by trombone glissandi playing the interval of a descending minor third.
A character in one of this composer's ballets is represented by trombone glissandi playing the interval of a descending minor third. The prologue of an opera by this composer opens with a motif drawn from the pentatonic collection "F#-A-B-C#-E" that's referred to as that opera's "Darkness" motif. Elliot Antokoletz argued that the leitmotif for that opera's protagonist is a modal form of the theme this composer used to represent SteÂ Geyer in his fiÂrst Violin Concerto. In one ballet by this composer,tramps force a girl to seduce the wealthy title character, who refuses to die after being repeatedly stabbed and hanged from a lamp hook. In his only opera the soprano encounters a lake of tears, a bloody torture chamber, and the title character's three other wives behind the seventh door of the title location. For 10 points, name this Hungarian composer of The Miraculous Mandarin and Duke Bluebeard's Castle.
A character in one of this composer's ballets is represented by trombone glissandi playing the interval of a descending minor third.
Bela Bartok [accept names in either order]