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Describe 3 passages which you feel display Prokofiev's mastery of orchestral effects, giving one example from each section. In movement 1, the passage which I feel really demonstrates Prokofiev's mastery of orchestral effects is the passage from bars 1-16. This passage serves as a sort of introduction to the suite, as well as the dotted quaver passage which follows. I feel that this passage really demonstrates Prokofiev's mastery of orchestral effects for a number of reasons: * Firstly, it involves almost every instrument in the orchestra used throughout the suite, really giving it a full, magnificent effect which fills the room with sound. * Secondly, the way in which Prokofiev builds up the passage by introducing one instrument after another, starting with the horns 1&2, followed by the horns 3&4, then the trombone and tuba followed by all the instruments, as well as the crescendo in dynamics. This passage not only demonstrates Prokofiev's...

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