After this point, there are some MMs that relate to the earlier MMs, but some that clearly do not, and some of those that might relate are probably too far separated by other movements to allow a proportion to register -- although the final chorus is, like the opening, an Allegro in alla breve, and it too has an MM close to the original 100.
These two, admittedly, can be related to each other, with one semibreve beat (MM 50) Of the alla breve fugue standing at a 3:4 ratio with one bar (??
He usefully corrects the meter signatures of the first movement of the First Piano Concerto (common time) and the second movement of the Fifth (
alla breve), incorrectly given in the old complete-works edition (L.
Una possibile conferma del fatto che la narrazione della vicenda E intenzionalmente non rettilinea, e che risponde ad una precisa esigenza stilistica, si puo avere se si considera il ruolo assegnato
alla breve pausa di Panarea.
in this faster standard way, or with an
alla breve tactus if the music had more white than black notes.
Norrington's rigorous intentions are apparent in the opening Adagio of the overture; the silent pauses are in effect ignored and after the grandiose opening the music lacks its usual patina of mystery, for this Adagio is
alla breve, interpreted as double the speed of common time.
