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The Violin Music Of Beethoven, 1902
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1with its simple counterpoint in quavers, is in admirable contrast to the more dramatic first subject.
3Ex. 17. Allegro con brio.
5Ex. 18.
7Very concise is this leading motif, which dominates the whole movement. We know that Beethoven usually had in his mind some mental picture or poetical idea when composing, at least, in the case of many of his greatest works, although he seldom cared to label his compositions after our modern fashion; the titles given to his piano sonatas, for example, being for the most part not his own, but those of the publishers. When questioned as to the meanings of sonata movements, he was reticent, or disposed to turn aside the question with vague replies, half in jest, yet perhaps furnishing some slight clue to his mood, when composing the work, such as "The conflict between head and heart" (Sonata in E minor, Op. 90); "Go and read Shakespeare's 'Tempest'" (Sonata Apassionata). If one might suggest, not indeed a title for this fine movement, but an idea for the private consideration of violinist and pianist when about to render it, it would be, to regard it as the impression of a stormy day at sea. It is by no means suggested that precisely the
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