James Zehm ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Tadeusz Drzazgowski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Brahms' 3rd symphony
>
>And who was it that described Brahms 3rd Symphony like this: "She stands as
>a young beautiful girl between two giants [the 2nd and 4th symphonies]"?

Hmmm, are you thinking of:

   A slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants

By any chance.  That was Robert Schumann, but he said it about Beethoven's
4th.

Deryk Barker
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