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The Violin Music Of Beethoven, 1902
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1same idea would necessarily be conveyed to the listener, but that in concerted music of deep significance some suitable idea in common would help to secure unity in the reproduction of the music. At any rate, if treated in the pastoral and idyllic manner appropriate to some of the previous sonatas, would not the rendering be foredoomed to failure as a misconception?
3After the storm, a calm. The placid melodiousness of the Adagio cantabile gives the necessary relief to the vigorous Allegro. The ascending arpeggi in semi-quavers, and the rapid scale passages further on in demisemiquavers must not be conceived of as a return to the mood of the stormy opening movement; due regard must be paid to the composer's express indication "sempre leggieramente" at the outset. For a moment, nearer the end, the rushing septuplets, ff seem about to usher in some vigorous, dramatic thought; nothing, however, happens, but a quiet presentment of the principal theme in the tonality of F. Light and clear rather than brilliant should be the demisemiquavers in the pianist's part in the final bars.
5The Scherzo is in Beethoven's earlier style:—
7Ex. 19. Allegro.
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