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Mendelssohn Symphony No 2 Movement 4

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There are many elements in, Mendelssohn 's “Symphony No. 4 Movement 1” and Brahms’ “Symphony No. 2 Movement 4” that makes them different from composer 's music of the classical period. In their pieces it tend to have longer melody lines and colorful chromatic chord structures. Therefore the movements are much longer then those of the classical era. There was also innovations and advances in the orchestra that allowed more dramatic melodies.

In Mendelssohn 's "Symphony No. 4", the first movement is longer than an average movement of a classical piece. He tends to repeat the same melodies and rhythms and tunes half way through the bar. Thus creating complex chords and longer melodies. In Brahms '"Symphony No. 2 Movement 4", "the

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