Symphonies and their meaning . W •N m W 1 ±t m H With obligato of Violas. 161 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING modulation into triumphant bursts, or precededoften by timid drooping before a suggestionof the terrible motto : Violins with sustaining PP Violins and Violas. First it rushes into a bold cadence in anew tonal atmosphere; but, quickly relaps-ing, wanders, still pursued by the motto, ananxious suppliant, into the refuge of the firstmelody. The predominance of the chief mel-ody is veiled by new figures of rhythm andof setting, and by intervening touches of elo-que
Symphonies and their meaning . W •N m W 1 ±t m H With obligato of Violas. 161 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING modulation into triumphant bursts, or precededoften by timid drooping before a suggestionof the terrible motto : Violins with sustaining PP Violins and Violas. First it rushes into a bold cadence in anew tonal atmosphere; but, quickly relaps-ing, wanders, still pursued by the motto, ananxious suppliant, into the refuge of the firstmelody. The predominance of the chief mel-ody is veiled by new figures of rhythm andof setting, and by intervening touches of elo-quent pleading or of austere solemnity. Atthe last verse there is a decided joyfulness inthe prayer, — a vision of coming victory,where woodwind and higher strings unite inloudest acclaim on the melody, the hornssound the harmony, the drums the rhythm,and the lower strings strum in rapid accompani-ment. The end is in a spirit of reassurance. Probably nothing in all musical literature offers such a subtle and irresistible temptation 162 SYMPHONIES AND THEIR MEANING to find a hidden content, as this third move-ment, where the name Scherzo seems to havebeen omitted only because it was not needed;although the humor is of a kind that, in itssombre profundity, is as pe
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