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[ It may be considered characteristic of our times that modern musicians so seldom excel in this particular direction. Schumann, who repeatedly remarks on the phenomenon, considers that it is an extinct branch of musical art, and that a new character must be invented for middle movements (Ges. Schr., I., p. 283, 289).]
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[ Mattheson, Vollk. Kapellmeister, p. 223; cf. Neu eroffnetes Orch., pp. 174, 184. Kircher gives a description of the dances with examples by Capsberger (Mus., I., p. 586).]
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[ Nottebohm, Monatschr. f. Theat. u. Mus., 1855, pp. 408, 456; 1857, PP* 288, 341, 391.]
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[ The minuet of Beethoven's eighth symphony is in slower tempo than any other movement, and its solemn yet graceful dignity contrasts humorously with the liveliness of the other movements. The charming minuet of Mendelssohn's A major symphony again provokes an involuntary smile.]
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[ The orchestral minuets written for dancing by Mozart, of which there must have been more than the sixty known to exist (103,104, 105, 122, 164,176;), are, like the Contretanze (106,123,267, K.), very simple, and practically arranged, with a few modest instrumental effects.]