Ferdinand Beyer - 3 Divertissements sur I due Foscari, Op. 93, No. 1

Measure numbers restart in the opening Allegretto, Andantino, Allegro vivo, variation, and final Allegro moderato. Pickups and unbarred cadenzas are excluded; repeats are counted as written.

The opening Allegretto begins with a pickup. Its measures 1-3 use descending octave figures and chord accents. Measures 4-11 introduce a slurred melody with dotted rhythms and short chromatic turns above flowing bass notes and chords. Measures 12-17 broaden into upper chords, repeated dotted figures, and lower chord replies before an unbarred rising and falling cadenza.

The Andantino changes to 6/8. Its measures 1-8 place an expressive melody of sustained notes, slurs, and turns above a recurring bass-and-chord pattern. Measures 9-16 add rapid upper figures, rising and falling runs, and accented octave replies. Measures 17-21 change to repeated paired notes and fuller accents above faster lower notes. Measures 22-28 add longer lower figures, descending paired upper notes, and exchanges of full chords, followed by an unbarred cadenza spanning both parts.

The Allegro vivo begins with a rising figure. Its measures 2-12 alternate held melody notes and short slurred replies above recurring lower bass notes and chords. Measures 13-20 add stronger chord accents, repeated upper notes, and trills. Measures 21-24 rise into the upper register and close with sustained harmonies and chord replies.

The variation, marked con leggerezza, begins with a pickup. Its measures 1-8 turn the melody into continuous upper sixteenth-note runs above held bass tones and chord replies. Measures 9-16 add short descending figures, repeated upper notes, accented high notes, and returns of the longer runs. Measures 17-20 extend the rising figure and finish with a fuocoso descent above held lower harmonies.

The final Allegro moderato returns to 6/8. Its measures 1-18 combine a melody in single and paired notes with a flowing broken-note accompaniment. Measures 19-34 add fuller bass-and-chord patterns, higher-register melody notes, and rising arpeggios. Measures 35-42, marked brillante, alternate rising and falling upper runs. Measures 43-49 combine held upper melody notes with short moving figures and accented chord replies. Measures 50-57 return to lighter upper running notes above a moving lower part, then close with shorter figures, accented chords, and a held E-flat-major harmony.