Symphonies and their meaning . x sf £^/F sfV Clarionets, Fagots. where all the woodwind comes dancing in onponderous, eccentric skip at the end of thebar. It is in the very lack of pretence, ofconscious beauty of outline, or of significancein the melodies, that consists the feeling ofromp. And yet we must always come backto that quality of joy which we saw in the firstmovement, which seems special to our master,as it is to the highest poetic feeling: of pro-fundity. Nothing could be more reckless,irresponsible in its abandon, than this rollick-ing Finale; but no one can think of it as 143 SYMP
Symphonies and their meaning . x sf £^/F sfV Clarionets, Fagots. where all the woodwind comes dancing in onponderous, eccentric skip at the end of thebar. It is in the very lack of pretence, ofconscious beauty of outline, or of significancein the melodies, that consists the feeling ofromp. And yet we must always come backto that quality of joy which we saw in the firstmovement, which seems special to our master,as it is to the highest poetic feeling: of pro-fundity. Nothing could be more reckless,irresponsible in its abandon, than this rollick-ing Finale; but no one can think of it as 143 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING frivolous, can escape its stamp of universalityand eternity. On it goes, after first repeating of melody,followed by mere running up and down of allthe wind, with strings beating the time. Theychange about. Then a bandying of the origi-nal phrase in the strings: H=i==2 3 f == W£ r n / i J^T H with a mere suspicion of logic, of discussion,followed immediately by the simplest, mostchildlike dancing up and down in the primi-tive rhythm (cited above), as if to reject the 144 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING very suggestion of conscious thought, all to-gether, hand in hand, in unison step, until thefirst contrast, to which we alluded above. As all stop on a sudden chord, the violinstrip lightly along, to the strumming of stringsalone, with sudden shock of interrupting chorus,like clownish attempts at frightening:
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