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Romeo and Juliet in Classical Music

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Death of Tibalt by Prokofiev

The short number features six tempo changes and four key changes in just about three and a half minutes of music. Chikovsky was content to show just one side of Juliet, but Prokofiev is able to explore this multifaceted character in so many creative ways. It begins with the music of Mercutio, which of course makes sense as Mercutio ends up provoking the fatal conflict.Mercutio's music is bombastic, confident and full of machismo, but it is tinged now in the death of Tibalt with clashing harmonies of half steps smashed together.

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