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Flight of the Bumblebee

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Flight of the Bumblebee
Interlude by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Native nameПолёт шмеля
Year1900
GenreClassical music

"Flight of the Bumblebee" (Russian: Полёт шмеля) is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture.

The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive). Although in the opera the Swan-Bird sings during the first part of the "Flight", her vocal line is melodically uninvolved and easily omitted; this feature, combined with the fact that the number decisively closes the scene, made easy extraction as an orchestral concerto piece possible.[not verified in body][clarification needed]

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Transcription

Overview

Here is the text of the scene where the Swan-Bird sings during this music:

Russian English translation
(Гвидон спускается с берега в море. Из моря вылетает шмель, кружась около Лебедь-Птицы.)

ЛЕБЕДЬ-ПТИЦА:
Ну, теперь, мой шмель, гуляй, (Nu, teper', moy shmel', gulyay,)
судно в море догоняй, (sudno v more dogonyay,)
потихоньку опускайся, (potikhon'ku opuskaysya,)
в щель подальше забивайся. (v shchel' podal'she zabivaysya.)
Будь здоров, Гвидон, лети, (Bud' zdorov, Gvidon, leti,)
только долго не гости! (tol'ko dolgo ne gosti!)
(Шмель улетает.)

(Gvidon goes down from the shore into the sea. Out from the sea flies a bumblebee, whirling around the Swan-Bird.)

SWAN-BIRD:
Well, now, my bumblebee, go on a spree,
catch up with the ship on the sea,
go down secretly,
get deep into a crack.
Good luck, Gvidon, fly,
only do not stay long!
(The bumblebee flies away.)

Although the "Flight" does not have a title in the score of the opera, its common English title translates like the Russian one (Полёт шмеля = Polyot shmelya). Incidentally, this piece does not constitute one of the movements of the orchestral suite that Rimsky-Korsakov derived from the opera for concerts.

Those familiar with the opera Tsar Saltan may recognize two leitmotifs used in the Flight, both of which are associated with Prince Gvidon from earlier in the opera. These are illustrated here in musical notation:

Gvidon's Leitmotifs in "Flight of the Bumblebee"
\relative c'{ \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \tempo "1." \time 2/4 e4^"Fundamental form" c8 f e4 c \bar "||"} \new Staff { e16^"Transformation in the \"Flight\"" ees d des c f e dis e ees d des c cis d dis } >>}
\relative c'{\tempo "2." \clef "bass" \time 2/4 r4 e8 c a f a c e \bar"||"}

The music of this number recurs in modified form during the ensuing tableau (Act III, Tableau 2), at the points when the Bumblebee appears during the scene: it stings the two evil sisters on the brow, blinds Babarikha (the instigator of the plot to trick Saltan at the beginning into sending his wife away), and in general causes havoc at the end of the tableau. The readers of Alexander Pushkin's original poem, upon which this opera is based, will note that Gvidon is supposed to go on three separate trips to Saltan's kingdom, each of which requires a transformation into a different insect.

"Flight of the Bumblebee" is recognizable for its frantic pace when played up to tempo, with nearly uninterrupted runs of chromatic sixteenth notes. It is not so much the pitch or range of the notes that are played that challenges the musician, but simply the musician's ability to move to them quickly enough. Because of this and its complexity, it requires a great deal of skill to perform. Often in popular culture, it is thought of as being notoriously hard to play.

In the "Tsar Saltan" suite, the short version is commonly played, taking less than two minutes. In the Opera version, the three-minute fifty-five-second version is performed.

In popular culture

References

  1. ^ "And then along came The Green Hornet — the original television series of the mid-sixties. Jazz trumpeter Al Hirt was featured in a 60s-style version of Flight of the Bumblebee." https://www.cbc.ca/1.2576451
  2. ^ Nuno Bettencourt Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee, retrieved January 24, 2024
  3. ^ Holman, Tomlinson (2007). Surround sound: up and running. Focal Press. pp. 3, 4. ISBN 978-0-240-80829-1. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "(Italian version)". Youtube.com. February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Harry James, Harry James: Big Bands, CD, Time Life Music, 1992, liner notes
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
  7. ^ The NEH Preservation Project, Annotations (May 18, 2017). "Electronic Composer Jean-Jacques Perrey Hears the Future". WNYC. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Glee" Pilot (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb, retrieved July 28, 2022
  9. ^ "(world record)". guinnessworldrecords.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  10. ^ "Fastest Guitar Player - Guinness World Records Classics". October 18, 2012 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  11. ^ "Reasons applications are rejected". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2019. Fastest musician (Fastest violin player, piano player, etc.): after conducting a full and thorough review Guinness World Records has concluded that we are unfortunately unable to continue monitoring these categories. It has become impossible to judge the quality of the renditions, even when slowed down.
  12. ^ Bartell, John (March 31, 2017). "14-year-old going for fastest guitar record". KXTV. UPDATE: The Guinness Book of World Records no longer judges "fastest musicians" any more.

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