Everyone listens differently- I think Bartok intended the finale of the first quartet to be .easier. listening than the first two movements, just as in the first violin sonata and in some others of his three-movement works. But Bartok may have intended nothing of the kind; this is just how .I. hear it. Eric Schissel [log in to unmask] http://www.lightlink.com/schissel ICQ#7279016