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Examples of Stream Segregation:

Stable

Transforming

 

Stable Stream Segregation:

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, mm. 88-94

Example 14. Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, mm. 88-94

Audio Excerpts

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, mm. 88-94: Oboe and solo Violin,
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Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, mm. 88-94: Full musical context
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Stable Segregated Streams:

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 210-218

Example 15. Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 210-218.

Audio Excerpts

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 210-218
USSR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, Melodiya/Angel

Here is an example of multi-instrument fused streams taken from Alexander Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880). One stream is formed of flutes and violins each in octave doubling (light green box). The other comprises two bassoons and horns one and three in unison (dark green boxes).

Transforming Segregated Streams:

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 193-227

Audio Excerpts

Borodin, Steppes of Central Asia, (mes. 193-227)