Conclusion

Even though Rite of Spring and the Mongolian Idyll come from very different parts of the globe, they have many similarities which I have explained in this investigation. The reason for these similarities lies in the fact that both composers wanted to reflect the same thing: nature and rural life. Thus, the similarity in the timbres of the instruments used, the pentatonic scales used, the rhythmic motifs reminiscent of folk song melodies, and the use of drones all helped the composers achieve their goals of reflecting rural life. The pieces differ in many aspects without doubt, but the main difference is the difference in the type of composition and thus the composition's purpose. All of these similarities investigates go to show that music, no matter which part of the globe it may be taken from or which time period it may be taken out of, always has something in common, and is universal.