Timbral augmentation (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31

Timbral emergence (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 6–17

Timbral heterogeneity (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, iii, mm. 183–186.

Stream integration (stable). Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, vi (“Samuel Goldberg and Schmuÿl”), mm. 1–8, Score in C

Surface texture (stable): Smetana, Die Moldau, mm. 185–194

Stream segregation (stable) of co-equal single-instrument lines: Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, mm. 88–94

Example 18. Stream segregation (stable) of blended streams: Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, mm. 210–218

Stratification (stable) with three layers: Mahler, Symphony no. 1, ii, mm. 26–31