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Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Mendelssohn's Theme of the Slow Movement

Mendelsohn has set up a dramatic narrative with the all minor first movement and the all major second movement. He begins to do this in the slow movement by introducing a contrasting theme that interrupts as the warm song, without words, recedesthis theme has often been compared to a funeral march,. Some enthusiastic commentators have said that it represents the funeral march of mary, queen of scots.

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