Beethoven and his nine symphonies . i£ -a»-P- Strings fTf. It is both difficult and presumptuous for anyone to comparemasterpieces so full of beauty and strength, and differing socompletely in their character, as the nine Symphonies ofBeethoven; but if any one quality may be said to distinguishthat now before us, besides its rhythmical construction, it isperhaps, as has already been hinted, that it is the mostromantic of the nine, or, in other words, that it is full of swiftunexpected changes and contrasts, exciting the imaginationin the highest degree, and whirling it suddenly into new andstr
Beethoven and his nine symphonies . i£ -a»-P- Strings fTf. It is both difficult and presumptuous for anyone to comparemasterpieces so full of beauty and strength, and differing socompletely in their character, as the nine Symphonies ofBeethoven; but if any one quality may be said to distinguishthat now before us, besides its rhythmical construction, it isperhaps, as has already been hinted, that it is the mostromantic of the nine, or, in other words, that it is full of swiftunexpected changes and contrasts, exciting the imaginationin the highest degree, and whirling it suddenly into new andstrange regions. There are some places in this Vivace wherean instant change occurs from fortissimo to pianissimo, whichhave an effect unknown elsewhere. A sudden hush iromff topp in the full hurry and swing of the movement is a favouritedevice of Beethovens, and is always highly effective; but 246 SEVENTH SYMPHONY. here, where the change from loud to soft is accompanied bya simultaneous change in harmony, or by an interruptionof the figure, or a bold leap
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