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phrase which occurs five separate times in the "Dies Irae." The piano is
doubled with timpani and full string section in a manner similar to those
already discussed in Agon (Figure 59) and Variations (Figure 68), but is made
more interesting by the inexactness of the doubling, both in rhythm and in
pitch: second violins share the first pitch and the triplet rhythm of beat three,
but diverge in pitch; violas play in the same rhythm and share a common pitch
on each beat, but diverge in pitch between the beats; violoncelli play two
common pitches in the first two beats, but in a different rhythm.
Figure 73 contains the last measures of the Requiem Canticles. The
piano is utilized in a chordal capacity, sounding six pitches, doubled on all

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Figure 73: i^egwiem Ca;i^tc/es, measures 302-305. Copyright 1967 by Boosey

& Hawkes Music PubHshers, Ltd. Reprinted by permission.