Table of Contents
Bach - Suite in B minor 1
Excerpt 1 - Double 1
Excerpt 2 - Badinerie 1
Bach - Violin Concerto in E 2
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: Beginning to [A] 2
Excerpt 2 - Movement II: 2 measures before [B] to end 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 3
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 41-52 3
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 69-90 3
Excerpt 3 - Movement I: Pickup to mm. 160-206 3
Excerpt 4 - Movement I: mm. 226-243 4
Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 140-160 4
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 5
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 109-123 5
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 303-330 5
Excerpt 3 - Movement II: mm. 160-166 5
Excerpt 4 - Movement III: Beginning to [B] 6
Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 294-318 6
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 7
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm.114-124 7
Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 1-160 8
Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 180-218 9
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 10
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 14-23 10
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 98-112 10
Excerpt 3 - Movement I: mm. 277-299 11
Excerpt 4 - Movement II: mm. 191-210 11
Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 360-380 11
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 12
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: mm. 8-90 12
Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: mm. 92-164 13
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 431-525 14
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique 15
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 166-228 15
Excerpt 2 - Movement II: Beginning to [22] 15
Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 83-111 16
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: [50] to [53] 17
Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 114-164 18
Excerpt 6 - Movement V: 1 measure after [70] to 8 measures after [74] 19
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 20
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 161-191 20
Excerpt 2 - Movement II: mm. 46-60 21
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: [A] to [B] 21
Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 257-268 21
Brahms - Symphony No. 2 22
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 4 measures after [A] to [B] 22
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [E] to [F] 22
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: 8 measures before [L] to 1 measure before [M] 23
Brahms - Symphony No. 4 24
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm. 76-87 24
Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 1-17 24
Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 125-155 25
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 26
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: [E] to [G] 26
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [T] to [W] 27
Franck - Symphony in D minor 28
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Allegro non troppo after [A] to 2 measures after [B] 28
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: Allegro non troppo after [C] to 4 measures before [D] 28
Excerpt 3 - Movement I: [O] to 10 measures after [O] 29
Excerpt 4 - Movement III: [E] to 5 measures after [F] 29
Excerpt 5 - Movement III: 12 measures before [L] to [L] 29
Haydn - Symphony No. 31 30
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: Variation 7 30
Haydn - Symphony No. 88 31
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 24 measures after [A] to 41 measures after [A] 31
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [B] to 8 measures before [D] 31
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 32
Excerpt 1 - Movement III: Beginning to 2 measures after [2] 32
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 33
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Beginning to [2] 33
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [16] to 20 measures after [16] 34
Excerpt 3 - Movement II: Pickups to [6] to 8 measures after [7] 35
Excerpt 4 - Movement III: 1 measure before [36] to 3 measures after [38] 36
Mahler - Symphony No. 5 37
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Excerpt 1 - Movement II: [33] to end 37
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 38
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 4 measures after [B] to [C] 38
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 168-177 38
Excerpt 3 - Movement I: Pickups to mm. 213-237 38
Excerpt 4 - Movement I: mm. 451-468 39
Excerpt 5 - Movement II: mm. 48-92 39
Excerpt 6 - Movement II: Pickup to mm. 113-124 40
Excerpt 7 - Movement II: mm. 188-213 40
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 41
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 41-90 41
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 265-287 41
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 34-52 42
Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 166-179 42
Mozart - Symphony No. 35 43
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 1-48 43
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 59-66 43
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 1-67 44
Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: 134-181 45
Mozart - Symphony No. 39 46
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 13-21 46
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 40-97 46
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: Pickups to mm. 105-137 47
Mozart - Symphony No. 40 48
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Pickup to mm. 115-138 48
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 191-225 48
Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: Pickup to mm. 125-205 49
Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 229-246 50
Mozart - Symphony No. 41 51
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm. 60-73 51
Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: mm. 94-157 51
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro 52
Excerpt 1 - mm. 1-24 52
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade 53
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: 14 measures after [M] to [N] 53
Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: Più stretto after [V] to [W] 53
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals 54
Excerpt 1 - No. 5: The Elephant 54
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Schubert - Symphony No. 9 55
Excerpt 1 - Movement III: Beginning to [A] 55
Excerpt 2 - Movement III: [B] to 7 measures after [C] 55
Smetana - The Bartered Bride 56
Excerpt 1 - Overture: mm. 1-14 56
Excerpt 2 - Overture: Pickups to mm. 73-103 56
Strauss - Don Juan 57
Excerpt 1 - Beginning to 6 measures before [D] 57
Excerpt 2 - [F] to 3 measures before [G] 58
Excerpt 3 - 10 measures before [Q] to 5 measures before [T] 58
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben 59
Excerpt 1 - [9] to 6 measures after [12] 59
Excerpt 2 - 8 measures before [16] to 2 measures after [17] 60
Excerpt 3 - [40] to [41] 60
Excerpt 4 - [51] to [63] 61
Excerpt 5 - [77] to [78] 62
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 63
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 3 measures after [B] to [C] 63
Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [P] to 1 measure after [Q] 63
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 64
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 174-197 64
Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 72-86 64
Verdi - La forza del destino 65
Excerpt 1 - [H] to [J] 65
Verdi - Otello 66
Excerpt 1 - Act IV: [U] to 7 measures after [X] 66
Verdi - Rigoletto 67
Excerpt 1 - Act I, No. 2: Vivace 67
Excerpt 2 - Act I, No. 3: Pickup to mm. 14-56 68
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 70
Excerpt 1 - Overture: mm. 158-end 70
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman 71
Excerpt 1 - Pickup to [C] to [D] 71
Excerpt 2 - 6 measures before [G] to 8 measures after [G] 71
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Bach – Suite in B minor
Excerpt 1 - Double (no repeats)
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Excerpt 2 - Badinerie (no repeats)
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Bach – Violin Concerto in E
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: Beginning to [A]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement II: 2 measures before [B] to end
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Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 41-52
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 69-90
Double Bass
Excerpt 3 - Movement I: Pickup to mm. 160-206
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Excerpt 4 - Movement I: mm. 226-243
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Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 140-160
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Beethoven – Symphony No. 3
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 109-123
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 303-330
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Excerpt 3 - Movement II: mm. 160-166
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Excerpt 4 - Movement III: Beginning to [B]
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Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 294-318
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Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm. 114-124
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Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 1-160
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Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 180-218
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Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 14-23
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 98-112
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Excerpt 3 - Movement I: mm. 277-299
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Excerpt 4 - Movement II: mm. 191-210
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Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 360-380
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Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: mm. 8-90
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Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: mm. 92-164
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 431-525
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Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 166-228
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Excerpt 2 - Movement II: Beginning to [22]
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Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 83-111
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: [50] to [53]
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Excerpt 5 - Movement IV: mm. 114-164
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Excerpt 6 - Movement V: 1 measure after [70] to 8 measures after [74]
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Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 161-191
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Excerpt 2 - Movement II: mm. 46-60
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: [A] to [B]
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 257-268
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Brahms – Symphony No. 2
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 4 measures after [A] to [B]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [E] to [F]
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: 8 measures before [L] to 1 measure before [M]
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Brahms - Symphony No. 4
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm. 76-87
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Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 1-17
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Excerpt 3 - Movement III: mm. 125-155
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Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: [E] to [G]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [T] to [W]
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Franck - Symphony in D minor
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Allegro non troppo after [A] to 2 measures after [B]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: Allegro non troppo after [C] to 4 measures before [D]
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Excerpt 3 - Movement I: [O] to 10 measures after [O]
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Excerpt 4 - Movement III: [E] to 5 measures after [F]
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Excerpt 5 - Movement III: 12 measures before [L] to [L]
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Haydn – Symphony No. 31
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: Variation 7 (with repeats)
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Haydn - Symphony No. 88
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 24 measures after [A] to 41 measures after [A]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [B] to 8 measures before [D]
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Mahler – Symphony No. 1
Excerpt 1 - Movement III: Beginning to 2 measures after [2]
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Mahler – Symphony No. 2
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Beginning to [2]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [16] to 20 measures after [16]
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Excerpt 3 - Movement II: Pickups to [6] to 8 measures after [7]
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Excerpt 4 - Movement III: Pickups to [36] to 3 measures after [38]
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Mahler – Symphony No. 5
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: [33] to end
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Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: 4 measures after [B] to [C]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 168-177
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Excerpt 3 - Movement I: Pickups to mm. 213-237
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Excerpt 4 - Movement I: mm. 451-468
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Excerpt 5 - Movement II: mm. 48-92
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Excerpt 6 - Movement II: Pickup to mm. 113-124
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Excerpt 7 - Movement II: mm. 188-213
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Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 41-90
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 265-287
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 34-52
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 166-179
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Mozart – Symphony No. 35
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 1-48
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 59-66
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: mm. 1-67
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: 134-181
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Mozart – Symphony No. 39
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 13-21
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 40-97
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: Pickups to mm. 105-137
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Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: Pickup to mm. 115-138
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: mm. 191-225
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Excerpt 3 - Movement IV: Pickup to mm. 125-205
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Excerpt 4 - Movement IV: mm. 229-246
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Mozart – Symphony No. 41
Excerpt 1 - Movement II: mm. 60-73
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Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: mm. 94-157
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Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Excerpt 1 - mm. 1-24
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Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Excerpt 1 - Movement IV: 14 measures after [M] to [N]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement IV: Più stretto after [V] to [W]
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Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
Excerpt 1 - No. 5: The Elephant
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Schubert – Symphony No. 9
Excerpt 1 - Movement III: Beginning to [A]
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Excerpt 2 - Movement III: [B] to 7 measures after [C]
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Smetana – The Bartered Bride
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Excerpt 2 - Overture: Pickups to mm. 73-103
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Strauss – Don Juan
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Excerpt 2 - [F] to 3 measures before [G]
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Excerpt 3 - 10 measures before [Q] to 5 measures before [T]
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Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
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Excerpt 2 - 8 measures before [16] to 2 measures after [17]
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Excerpt 3 - [40] to [41]
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Excerpt 4 - [51] to [63]
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Excerpt 5 - [77] to [78]
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Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
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Excerpt 2 - Movement I: [P] to 1 measure after [Q]
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Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6
Excerpt 1 - Movement I: mm. 174-197
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Excerpt 2 - Movement III: mm. 72-86
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Verdi - La forza del destino
Excerpt 1 - [H] to [J]
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Verdi – Otello
Excerpt 1 - Act IV: [U] to 7 measures after [X]
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Verdi - Rigoletto
Excerpt 1 - Act I, No. 2: Vivace
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Excerpt 2 - Act I, No. 3: Pickup to mm. 14-56
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Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Excerpt 1 - Overture: mm. 158-end
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Wagner - The Flying Dutchman
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