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Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:06:54 -0500
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Mike Leghorn wrote:

>Mimi Ezust replies to Mike Leghorn:
>
>>>Measures 68 through 75 of the 3rd mvt of Mozart's 41st, and the opening
>>>measures of Beethoven's 132 -- pretty much the same notes, only a little
>>>disguised ...
>
>>In comparing the two places you describe they sound VERY different to me,
>>both in resolution of melody lines, mood, mode, rhythm, and texture.  Are
>>you sure you are thinking of the Beethoven op. 132 string quartet? And
>>the G minor symphony of Mozart?
>
>Mimi, I hope I didn't steer you wrong. I meant Mozart's 41st (C Major).
>Thanks for checking the scores. I hope it wasn't too much trouble.

My mistake.  Wrong Mozart.  Now I see those notes ...  but in comparing
the RIGHT Mozart, by the third measure that you quote in the Mozart trio,
the chords are completely different from the ones in the Beethoven.

Anyhow, an interesting comparison.

Mimi

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