Mikael Rasmusson ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >The principal themes from the 1st and 2nd movement also appear in the 3rd >in the Franck symphony. Other famous cyclic symphonies are Beethoven #5 >and #9, Tchaikovsky #5 and Dvorak#9. Would you really consider Beethoven 9 cyclic? The themes from mvt 1-3 do reappear (briefly) at the beginning the finale, but only to be swept away and never referred to again. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]