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About LinkBacksIf you consider all the works with an standard 4 movements structure (symphonies, string quartets, sonatas, etc.), what would you say is more often you favorite movement?
First movement
Adagio (or slow movement)
Minuet, Scherzo
Finale (last movement)
Favorite movement
If you consider all the works with an standard 4 movements structure (symphonies, string quartets, sonatas, etc.), what would you say is more often you favorite movement?
Depends on who or what genre really. For example I've always found Beethoven's symphonic scherzo's/minuets to be consistently top class right from the first symphony.
Mozart appeared also to be taking the minuet to another place as he certainly added complexity in his last 3 symphonies but aside from those his minuets are not the best part of his symphonies.
Haydns strengths were his finales for me.
If i was forced to pick a movement i'd say finale.
My favorite movement of any symphony is the Adagio from Mahler's 10th.
It is also the first movement.
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Last edited by brianwalker; Feb-14-2012 at 22:20.
Let's be fair, he did specify a 'standard four movement structure'.Originally Posted by brianwalker
I vote first movements.
Finales - I generally like dessert the best.
Adagio for me.
"Your mathematics are correct, but your physics are abominable..." Einstein
I like first movements.
In your standard string quartet, symphony etc. probably the finale. Especially in Ligeti's Kammerkonzert!
haha you are in danger of becoming obsessed with Ligeti but i like your enthusiasm. How did you get into the advant garde CoAG? Did someone introduce you to it or did were you drawn to certain pieces you heard when you were young around the house?In your standard string quartet, symphony etc. probably the finale. Especially in Ligeti's Kammerkonzert!
I tend to like the first movement the best
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I was reading about Schoenberg. I had never actually listened to any atonal music before, so I set about writing atonal music and managed to get my hands on some recordings of [early] atonal music...then I moved on to listening to stuff like Stockhausen and then I discovered Ligeti.
I'm such a sucker for scherzos. I seem to be predisposed to it, because I'm attracted to high-energy music. Of course, I love the contrast of slow lyricism in symphonies too, but scherzos are what truly amuse me the most. That is, if it's actually written well.
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It's definitely 1 or 4, and not 2 or 3.
But 1 or 4? I can't make up my mind.
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I have attention span of a three year old. I usually cannot remember the finales.
My favorites are typically 1st movements but on some symphonies or chamber music, I prefer adagio/slow movement over 1st. I also like scherzos of Dvorak and Bruckner.
i had to put first.
behold, the greatest movement of all time:
hip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUqXIQ0V7U
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