Night on Bald Mountain
Orchestral piece composed by Modest Mussorgsky
The music uses dissonant harmonies – notes that clash together to create spooky feelings.
Sudden changes in dynamics help create the dramatic, supernatural atmosphere.
The bassoon plays some of the most menacing melodies in the piece.
chromatic melodies use notes that slide and slither like something creeping in the shadows.
The piece ends peacefully when dawn breaks and the evil spirits must flee.
- Word bank
- folklore
- chromatic
- Russian
- witches'
- Fantasia
- spirits
- dynamics
- bassoon
- supernatural
- dawn
- dissonant