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Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Why Did Sibilius Merge the Two Movements?

There are theories that this movement has no form, and it's just constant development. The scherzo doesn't exist without the once upon a time theme. There's one other very special thing about this four and a half minutes stretch of music that completes the first movement. It's written as one long, and i mean long, acelerando,. meaning that the movement gets faster and faster and faster.

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