Stable Stream Integration:

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 219–227

Integration of passage of blended English horn, violas and celli.

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Transforming Stream Integration:

Rimsky-Korsakov, Snegourotchka, Rehearsal 137

In his treatise on orchestration, Rimsky-Korsakov gives this example of a “transference of passages and phrases.” This is what is perceived as a transforming stream—where “[t]he melody is transferred from the violins to the flute and clarinet” (p. 108). The excerpt is from Snegourotchka, at Rehearsal 137. The line moves between combinations of instruments (see ODESSA 2 and the accompanying orchestration analysis).

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