Also in the C-sharp minor Sonata, op. 27, we find a case of melodic relationship between a phase in the introductory meditation and the main theme of the Minuet.
[159] A Symphonic Poem is a descriptive composition for orchestra which incorporates many of the customary symphonic moods; but the form is free, largely dependent on the poetic basis, and the structure is without stops, being one continuous whole.
[160] His exact words are—"Le milieu (the trio) ressemble assez aux ébats d'un éléphant en gaieté—mais le monstre s'éloigne et le bruit de sa folle course se perd graduellement."
[161] Its motto might well be Browning's famous lines: "How good is man's life, how fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy."
[B] This pianoforte figure being a very inadequate substitute for the restless tremolo of the violas, i.e.,
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[162] For suggestive comments by the noted critic E.T.A. Hoffmann, one of the first to realize the genius of Beethoven, and for a complete translation of his essay on the Fifth Symphony see the article by A.W. Locke in the Musical Quarterly for January, 1917.
[163] A complete account of this development may be found in the first two chapters of Niecks's Programme Music.
[164] For an excellent description of this piece, as well as others of the period, see the volume by Krehbiel The Pianoforte and Its Music.