Symphonies and their meaning . ere with the usual fittinginconsequence upon the heels of it is in the half-notes of the wood- =ti £=& p dolce. -fe j- i&- ~2~&. a tf- jSL -&- £ ^ ** F—r bi re- wind, followed by strings descending in hollowunison: i -&- W=f=f fe -Ut m?- -jb- 3 (5>- r r * and then the idyllic chorale in a new quarter ofthe wood. It is strange how merely external isthis irrelevance. In reality, it is felt as a closestpart of the whole texture. You are perplexedwith a haunting sense that it has sung before. For a moment there breaks in a stirring
Symphonies and their meaning . ere with the usual fittinginconsequence upon the heels of it is in the half-notes of the wood- =ti £=& p dolce. -fe j- i&- ~2~&. a tf- jSL -&- £ ^ ** F—r bi re- wind, followed by strings descending in hollowunison: i -&- W=f=f fe -Ut m?- -jb- 3 (5>- r r * and then the idyllic chorale in a new quarter ofthe wood. It is strange how merely external isthis irrelevance. In reality, it is felt as a closestpart of the whole texture. You are perplexedwith a haunting sense that it has sung before. For a moment there breaks in a stirring pulsefrom an earlier verse; but slowly we descend 3°4 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING into a reflective vein on the chorale. Still, it isnot the psychological moment of is a conscious mental spinning; this ismere pensive, sentient dreaming, free of alge-braic thought, but with the more perfect se-quence of unwitting logic, running on as ifwith infinite measure of verse: Woodwind and ?4 ---£=& ~&r sr -&- tesg-l J J £3= -&? -&- 1(2. t= -&- -&- Then as the run of strings reappears, theearthly hymn takes on a new spring, and weare back in the old discussion on the strummingphrase, with abrupt, authoritative ending of the 20 305 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING dispute in a pause that sets all wondering, ex-pectant that Florestan with his boisterous trainis coming to say the final word. Instead, thegentle, pensive Eusebius once again enters. Hehas a new note in his song, a turn of quaintassurance. See how the melody now descends,without the old questioning:
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