Music: An Art and a Language

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and need no comment. The main theme at its third appearance
is in the subdominant key, with effective rhythmic modifica-
tions. The movement is a remarkable illustration of idiomatic
style for each of the instruments: the violin part, sustained and
cantabile; the pianoforte part, broken up and of remarkable color
and sonority. The last page of the Coda, almost exclusively in
double stops for the violin, brings a rousing close to a master-
piece.

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