Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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In a Minor by Mendelssohn
Mendelsohn has a reputation as a very friendly and warm person, but that didn't mean he wasn't ever cranky. Each movement in the scottish symphony is marked ataka meaning that it should be played without a pause. This is because mendelssohn hated applause between movements. Almost immediately after its premier people started saying that it was in imitation of a scotch snap, a scottish folk rhythmbut.
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