text: Genre and composer required. The fourth of these pieces begins with violins playing a descending "B, G,"then an ascending "E, C."
full_question: Genre and composer required. The fourth of these pieces begins with violins playing a descending "B, G,"then an ascending "E, C." The third of these pieces includes a waltz-like third movement in C minor and 3/8time, marked Poco allegretto. Their composer likened a horn solo in the finale of the first one to an alphornmelody. The third of these pieces, in F major, opens with an ascending "F, A-flat, F" motif that represents theidea "free but happy." The last one ends with a passacaglia based on the bass line to a J.S. Bach cantata. Thefirst of these pieces contains a theme so similar to the "Ode to Joy" theme that it was nicknamed "Beethoven'sTenth." For 10 points, name these four orchestral pieces by the composer of the Hungarian Dances.
first_sentence: Genre and composer required. The fourth of these pieces begins with violins playing a descending "B, G,"then an ascending "E, C."
raw_answer: symphonies by Johannes Brahms 