Listen to the recording of le sacre du printemps (the rite of spring), introduction, by stravinsky and take notes on what you hear. pay particular to the following: can you tell what instrument is playing at the beginning of the piece? how is it similar or different to the opening of debussy’s prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (prelude to the afternoon of a faun)? what instruments play in the opening section of this music? are there strings? at what point in the music do you feel a definite change in mood? what happens at that point to create such a change? can you feel a pulse to the music? is it consistent throughout the music? what section of the orchestra is more prominent at the end of this piece than at the beginning?