Approximate tempos:

Mendelssohn, movement 1

Andante, quarter = 58

Allegro con fuoco, half = 116

 

Mendelssohn, movement 2

Allegro vivace, dotted half = 56

 

Mendelssohn, movement 3

Andante, eighth = 56

 

Mendelssohn, recit

eighth  = 72

 

Mendelssohn, movement 4

Choral: Ein feste Burg, Andante con moto, quarter = 80

Allegro vivace, dotted quarter = 108

Allegro maestoso, half = 76

 

Coleridge-Taylor

Larghetto, eighth = 80

Allegro ma non troppo, dotted eighth = 54

Piu mosso (rehearsal 5), dotted eighth = 60 (eighth = 180)

Allegro vivace (rehearsal 20), quarter = 132

 

Sibelius

Andante sostenuto, half = 60

Allegro moderato, quarter = 120

Allegro before F, quarter = 124

Rehearsal I, half = 124

 

Haydn, eighth = 118

 

 

 

 

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