Beethoven's seventh symphony . , and the grim, rough, humorous aspect ofBeethoven, abrupt and harsh in his outward mannerand speech. In the preceding movements, this out-ward harshness less rarely appears. Force and vigorthey exhibit in every bar, but it is rather the generalnature of the man,— that well-spring of lovelinessand grace which lay deep beneath his exterior, hissplendid and varied imagination, his command ofbeauty, and his sense of awe and mystery that dis-tinguish the Allegro, Allegretto, and Scherzo. In theFinale, however, his more obvious external charac-teristics have their swa
Beethoven's seventh symphony . , and the grim, rough, humorous aspect ofBeethoven, abrupt and harsh in his outward mannerand speech. In the preceding movements, this out-ward harshness less rarely appears. Force and vigorthey exhibit in every bar, but it is rather the generalnature of the man,— that well-spring of lovelinessand grace which lay deep beneath his exterior, hissplendid and varied imagination, his command ofbeauty, and his sense of awe and mystery that dis-tinguish the Allegro, Allegretto, and Scherzo. In theFinale, however, his more obvious external charac-teristics have their sway. Beethoven, says Spohr, was often a little hard, not to say raw, in his ways;but he carried a kindly eye under his bushy eye-brows. It is this side of his character which ap-pears to be reflected in the Finale. It begins withfour bars of loud chords from the orchestra (of whichmuch use is made subsequently), followed by the 28 strange, somewhat furious, and at first hearing notattractive subject: — No. ^.Allegro con brio. Then, after a reference back to the initial four barsof the movement, a new subject appears, as harshand uncompromising as that already quoted, andleading into a modification of it: — No. 25. _@_ .^ _^_ -3= -^-^- u *-*- &g tj ^
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