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- From: kahn@troi.cc.rochester.edu (James Kahn)
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- Subject: Re: The BEST finale!
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 17:12:24 GMT
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- >What is YOUR favorite ending or finale to a classical piece?
-
- I unfortunately missed much of this thread, so at the risk of repetition
- I'm throwing my hat into the ring. In addition to Brahms Symphony #1, I'd
- also add (all refer to final movement or act unless indicated otherwise):
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- Brahms (who really knew how to finish off a piece):
- Symph. #4 (1st mvmt.)
- Piano Concerto #1
- Concerto for Violin and Cello
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- Mozart (who sometimes knew how to finish off a piece):
- Fantasy and Piano Sonata in C minor (K. 475/457)
- Rondo in A minor (K. 511)
- String Quartet in D minor (K. 421?)
- The Magic Flute
- Marriage of Figaro (act 2)
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- Bach:
- Goldberg Variations (not the repetition of the theme, but the last 2
- variations)^*
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- Beethoven (who rarely knew how to finish off a piece):
- Sonata op. 57
- Piano Concerto #4
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- Jim Kahn
- University of Rochester
-
- ^* By the way does someone know the story of the last variation? I recall
- reading that it was a joke, based on weaving together two well-known drinking
- songs. It's still magnificent music.
-