Beethoven and his nine symphonies . i i T r j i _i ii i j—gL«UL &c. ff §g§ ^Z- fe^ E &-yfca w £z: Cellos and Basses sf sf sf 8f «/ IS-2- 1|e3| \kzr 8f Sf sf sf sf s sf kn. extraordinary effect is produced at an early period of the * At the first performance at Leipzig (March 26, 1809) it was speciallyannounced as in five movements. In fact there is no denying that three of theSymphonies are in five movements, since the Introductions to Nos. 4 and 7are so long and important that they cannot be taken as mere preludes tothe Allegros, but form separate and independent portions of the work. TheNint
Beethoven and his nine symphonies . i i T r j i _i ii i j—gL«UL &c. ff §g§ ^Z- fe^ E &-yfca w £z: Cellos and Basses sf sf sf 8f «/ IS-2- 1|e3| \kzr 8f Sf sf sf sf s sf kn. extraordinary effect is produced at an early period of the * At the first performance at Leipzig (March 26, 1809) it was speciallyannounced as in five movements. In fact there is no denying that three of theSymphonies are in five movements, since the Introductions to Nos. 4 and 7are so long and important that they cannot be taken as mere preludes tothe Allegros, but form separate and independent portions of the work. TheNinth, of course, is in many more than five. CLOSING OF THE STORM. 219 tempest by making the cellos play in groups of five semi-quavers while the double basses have groups of four— No. 43. g. g. Violins $z ,<=-• w **-,. Basses gS^ £jS^ §5^ an effect specially noticed by M. Berlioz. Mention has oftenbeen made of the truth to Nature shown in the mysterious lullbefore the storm reaches its climax (where the chromaticscales are first introduced), of the picturesque beauty of thefinal clearing off of the tempest (first oboe solo, with secondviolin in octaves)— No. 44. rtk^- i & Oboe (S- m =P jr=? U- r~Hri p ?z Viol. 2 dolca ^ —which is really the passage at the commencement of themovement (No. 40, bar 7), in minims instead of quavers—and the strip of blue sky (final scale upwards of the flute)— No. 45. - - -hv^i«4«- dolce
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