Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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) You're right, he should have been able to tell by the prominance of the GAG motif. Stirling S Newberry [log in to unmask]