The fact that this piece is a ballet influences the nature of the music by using short sections, (to be sympathetic to the dancers).

The preface describes the piece as "anti-symphonic" which describes the way in which, as opposed to the symphonic development of melodies; the ideas within this piece are not developed; the piece uses motifs which are juxtaposed, and have no relation to one another.

Melody

Stravinsky uses short sharp motifs, as opposed to traditional melodies which subsequently become developed. A melody normally lasts 4-8 bars (sometimes more), yet motifs only very rarely exceed 4 bars.

Tonality

Bi-tonal is the way of describing a piece where two key signatures are used at once; polytonal uses more than two key signatures at once.

Bi-tonality is displayed in "Dances of the Young girls", from the first chord at 13, whereby Violin II and Viola play Eb7, while simultaneously Cello...