On the performance of Beethoven's symphonies . Page 167, last bar to page 168, bar 3. The rhythm inthe second violins is to a certain extent an echo of that inthe trumpets; it should therefore be played distinctly in spiteof the pp. NINTH SYMPHONY. 173 Page 168, last bar. The melodic swerve demands a shortritenuto on the second half of this bar; this is followed bythe a tempo at the beginning of the next bar. Page 169, bar i to page 170, bar 2. ist Fl. ist Ob. and ist Bassoon I St Violin I rf I. < i 1 - dolce M, ^^^^^^ PV i ?rf tjLoE F=FP=f^ =- VP. 3 I 3 ms |^^B£^Q>fffrfrf-tt^frfrtTH 174
On the performance of Beethoven's symphonies . Page 167, last bar to page 168, bar 3. The rhythm inthe second violins is to a certain extent an echo of that inthe trumpets; it should therefore be played distinctly in spiteof the pp. NINTH SYMPHONY. 173 Page 168, last bar. The melodic swerve demands a shortritenuto on the second half of this bar; this is followed bythe a tempo at the beginning of the next bar. Page 169, bar i to page 170, bar 2. ist Fl. ist Ob. and ist Bassoon I St Violin I rf I. < i 1 - dolce M, ^^^^^^ PV i ?rf tjLoE F=FP=f^ =- VP. 3 I 3 ms |^^B£^Q>fffrfrf-tt^frfrtTH 174 NINTH SYMPHONY. In the first bar the .5 flat horns join with the first violins inthe -< :^; in the second they play piano just like the rest ofthe string-quartett for both bars. The crescendo beginningin bar 3 must be every gently and gradually executed byall the instruments except those which have a special marking. Page 172, bar 2. This descending violin figuration ab-solutely demands a restful execution in the most uniformdiminuendo. It seems to me to indicate a return to the veryslow first time which dominates the wonderfully beautifulclose. From the last crotchet of the preceding bar I there-fore marked the quaver-beats, — without really altering thetime, of course — and continued to do so till the end, withthe exception of a few passages which every conductor offine feeling will find out for himself. Page 174. This beginning of the Finale is not merelyan introduction to the last movement. It is a wild distur-bance of the peacefu
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