Note 118 — MUSICAL OBSERVATIONS.[109]

There is so much intrinsic spirit and value in Beethoven's orchestral works, that it is beyond the power of occasional mistakes or exaggerations in tempo, on the part of the players, to convert them into common prose. In England, certain movements are frequently taken too slow; in France, others too quick—according to my recollection of the tempo as given to the orchestra by the composer when he conducted—still without the metamorphosis taking place.—ED.