"La Péri" (beginning)

Here is a harmonic analysis of the first measures of "La péri"

Dukas uses the E whole-tone scale in the beginning.

You can build three different 7(#4) chords on this scale.

E7(#4)=Bb7(#4)

F#7(#4)=C7(#4)

Ab7(#4)=D7(#4)

Paul Dukas: La Péri (1912)

Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935) La Péri, poème dansé (1912) Ballet in one act Orchestre National de France Leonard Slatkin Cover image: Sketch for the Peri's costume by Léon Bakst, 1911.

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