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
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