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The Violin Music Of Beethoven, 1902
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1CHAPTER II.
3The Piano and Violin Sonatas (Continued).
5THE three sonatas under Op. 30 are different indeed in mood. The first, in A major, consists of these three movements:—Allegro, three-four time, in A; Adagio, molt expressivo, two-four time, in D; and an Allegretto con variazioni, common time, in A. The first movement is graceful, almost pastoral in style, the interest is fairly shared between the two instruments, and in this respect especially the unity and balance of the work claim our admiration. It would be interesting to know what Beethoven's views would be concerning some of our most impassioned modern duets, I mean those in which each instrument, to the ordinary listener, appears to be striving for the mastery. If the first movement is still somewhat akin to Mozart, or perhaps even more to Schubert in its general feeling, we are amply convinced of Beethoven's powerful individuality in the Adagio. It is the most deeply felt movement of the three, and at the very outset there can be no mistaking the composer:—
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