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Fourth Movement In Keeping Score
The opening of the first movement in Keeping Score: Berlioz starts very slowly, then becomes very volatile. After some long and stormy developments, the ending alludes back to the opening. The second movement becomes an elegant waltz, which completely contrasts the first movement. The ending of the second movement sounds like a whirlwind before it comes to a brilliant close. The third movement is long. While these first three movements sound rather like a dream, the fourth movement sounds like a march, which is surprising. There is definitely a violent tone in this movement. The fifth and final movement is oddly provocative, unlike anything I've heard from the Romantic era. It seems very free, yet very well constructed.

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