Beethoven's seventh symphony . Sjippf cres. &c. increasing in force throughout from pianissimo tofortissimo, against a pedal point on E in the restof the orchestra, three octaves deep from the Bas-soons to the high notes of the Flute. It was forthis that Carl Maria von Weber is said to have pro-nounced him fit for a mad-house. Such mistakesare even the best instructed and most genial criticsopen to! Not less strongly marked or less persistent thanthe Vivace is the march of the Allegretto, which isall built upon the following incessant rhythm : — No. 14. =r=i=d: or, to use the terms of metre, a
Beethoven's seventh symphony . Sjippf cres. &c. increasing in force throughout from pianissimo tofortissimo, against a pedal point on E in the restof the orchestra, three octaves deep from the Bas-soons to the high notes of the Flute. It was forthis that Carl Maria von Weber is said to have pro-nounced him fit for a mad-house. Such mistakesare even the best instructed and most genial criticsopen to! Not less strongly marked or less persistent thanthe Vivace is the march of the Allegretto, which isall built upon the following incessant rhythm : — No. 14. =r=i=d: or, to use the terms of metre, a dactyl and a spon-dee. Here, again, there is hardly a bar in the move-ment in which the perpetual stroke of the rhythm is 20 not heard; and yet the feeling of monotony neverintrudes itself. Here is the opening : — No. 15 The movement is full of melancholy beauties : thevague, soft chord in the Wind instruments withwhich it begins and ends (a chord of the 6-4, if onemust be technical for a moment); the incessant beatof the rhythmical subject just spoken of; the lovelysecond melody: — No. 16. -4
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