David Stewart wrote:

>How does Beethoven generate increasing excitement in a fugal passage of
>one of his Razumovsky quartets (starts with a solo violin rushing around
>all over the place G  GAGFED   FGFEDC   GAGFEDEFDGFEDCDE etc.)

That's a VIOLA, buddy, and don't fergit it. (Op.59 #3)

Humph. Young whippersnappers.

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