@tonyprinciotti : Mendelssohn shared Mozart's keen understanding of how simple changes in texture can transform the psychological affect the music is expressing. In this bit from the 2nd movement of his 4th Symphony, listen to what the addition of the flutes does to the previously-austere mood: • TwiCopy

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Mendelssohn shared Mozart's keen understanding of how simple changes in texture can transform the psychological affect the music is expressing. In this bit from the 2nd movement of his 4th Symphony, listen to what the addition of the flutes does to the previously-austere mood: