La Création du Monde
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La Création du Monde is a 20-minute-long ballet by Darius Milhaud which outlines the Creation of the World, based on African folk mythology. It is in six sections as follows:
- i) Overture
- ii) The Chaos before Creation
- iii) The slowly lifting darkness, the creation of trees, plants, insects, birds and beasts
- iv) Man and woman created
- v) The desire of man and woman
- vi) The closing section (Coda) the man and woman kiss
The second section is a jazz fugue played by double bass, trombone, saxophone and trumpet.
The third section returns to the opening legato melody, played by flute against the tune from the second section played by cello gradually leading to a third tune, a blues, played by the oboe.
The fourth section sees the two violins pitted against the bassoon in a cakewalk.
The fifth section includes a solo for clarinet with a rhythmic accompaniment of piano, strings and percussion and then sees the return of the tune from the first section which eventually gives way to the rhythmic accompaniment which increases in passion.
The final section includes parts of the third, first and second tunes, the latter played by the flute with "flutter-tonguing". The music closes with a gentle blues chord.
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