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BEETHOVEN.

MOVEMENTS.


 * 1) Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (D minor).
 * 2) (Scherzo) Molto Vivace (D minor); (Trio) Presto (D major).
 * 3) Adagio molto e cantabile (B-flat alternating with D and E-flat).
 * 4) (Recit.) Presto: Allegro ma non troppo, etc.
 * 5) Allegro assai (D major).


 * 1) Recitative (D minor).
 * 2) Quartet and Chorus: Allegro assai (D major).
 * 3) Tenor Solo and Chorus: Allegro assai vivace: alla Marcia (B-flat).
 * 4) Chorus.: Andante maestoso (G major).
 * 5) Chorus: Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (D major).
 * 6) Quartet and Chorus: Allegro ma non tanto (D major).
 * 7) Chorus: Prestissimo (D major).

The idea of extending the Finale of a symphony by several vocal movements seems to have originated with Beethoven. No example of it is to be found in