One movement with this title contains an extensive tam-tam solo and features soft trombones soundingout the final unresolved chord over several repetitions of the word "forever.
One movement with this title contains an extensive tam-tam solo and features soft trombones soundingout the final unresolved chord over several repetitions of the word "forever." This word is spelled out abovethe notes G-F-E flat in the first movement of a piece followed by "The Absence" and "The Return." Thethirty-minute last movement of The Song of the Earth has this name, which titles a work written on theoccasion of Archduke Rudolph's escape from Vienna in the wake of Napoleon's attack. In a symphony withthis name, the musicians snuff out a candle on their stand during the final adagio and leave until just twomuted violins remain. For 10 points, give this nickname of Haydn's Symphony No. 45.
One movement with this title contains an extensive tam-tam solo and features soft trombones soundingout the final unresolved chord over several repetitions of the word "forever.
farewell [or Abschied; or Lebewohl; or Adieux]