Musical References for Five Steps Ahead

The main characters in Five Steps Ahead, Robert and Carolyn, love classical music and refer to it often. Robert met Carolyn as his piano teacher, and they play classical piano pieces, as well as listen to performances. The following story references explain the musical works and how they are used.

These eight classical pieces are used in Five Steps Ahead.

  1. Scheherazade, Movement III, “The Young Prince and the Young Princess” by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
    — See Rimsky-Korsakov on Wikipedia.
    — See Scheherazade on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia.
    — Open story reference details here.
  2. Pictures at an Exhibition, “Promenade” by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    — See Mussorgsky on Wikipedia.
    — See Pictures at an Exhibition on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia.
    — Open story reference details here.
  3. Sonata in E major. K. 531 by Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
    — See Scarlatti on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia.
    — Open story reference details here.
  4. Sonata in E major. K. 380 by Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
    — See Scarlatti on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia.
    — Open story reference details here.
  5. Concerto No. 10, Movement 1 (Allegro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    — See Mozart on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia in the Music section.
    — Open story reference details here.
  6. Polovtsian Dances, “Konchak” [the Khan] by Alexander Borodin
    — See Borodin on Wikipedia.
    — See Polovtsian Dances on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance on YouTube. Note time code 9:32 for Gliding Dance of the Maidens.
    — Open story reference details here.
  7. Gymnopédies by Erik Satie
    — See Satie on Wikipedia.
    — See Gymnopédies on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia.
    — Open story reference details here.
  8. Sonata No 16 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    — See Mozart on Wikipedia.
    — See a performance embedded in Wikipedia in embedded in the music section.
    — Open story reference details here.

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