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Scan 167
Musical instruments, 1925
21 lines. Read by computer on 21 September 2026. Printed page 153. See the scan on archive.org.
1movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in this case doubled by the Violas.
3No 42. Fifth Symphony
4Andante con moto
5Vla. & Vcl.
6p dolce
7f p
8BEETHOVEN
10At the close of the lovely slow movement in Schumann's Piano Quartette, he requests the 'cellist to tune down the C string to Bb, in order to render the long organ point.
12In the orchestra, where the Double Bass furnishes the very low tones, there is less occasion for this procedure. I recall only one instance, and that occurs in MacDowell's Saracens, where a B# is called for.
14The lower strings, the G and especially the C, have a rich but gloomy character so well employed in the Ortrud theme in the Introduction to Act II of Lohengrin.
16No 43. Lohengrin, Act II
17Slow
18WAGNER
20Finally, the manly voice of the 'Cello, when united with the Double Bass, becomes serene and even majestic as in the melody from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
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