Word: allegretto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Allegretto. In West Hartlepool, England, Bandmaster Robert Davies paid his fine for speeding, explained: "I was humming one of Liszt's rhapsodies. During one of the quickening passages, I must have unconsciously pressed the accelerator, thereby increasing the tempo of the engine to the tempo of the music...
...Moderato for string trio by Imogene Horsley, teaching fellow in music, is a logically built work with some excellent contrapuntal passages and often lyrical melodic line. Betty Churgin's Allegretto for flute and piano consists of the episodic treatment of two recurrent themes. Because of some weak transitions, the sections seemed somewhat dis-connected--though they were skillfully worked out in themselves...
...Beethoven's middle period, this powerful quartet was the best part of the program, and was the best playing. The four performers captured the fierce intensity of this music and although they could not always project the inner conflict of the work, they acquitted themselves admirably. The final allegretto agitate, full of stringent rhythms and harmonies, brought the evening to an exciting close...