Ferdinand Beyer - L'entrée au salon, Op. 84, No. 1 - I Montecchi ed i Capuleti

Measure numbers restart in the introduction, theme, Variation I, Variation II, the following 2/4 passage, and finale. Pickups are excluded and repeats are counted as written.

The introduction, marked Allegro moderato, uses rising dotted figures, accented octaves, and full chords in measures 1-4. Measures 5-9 place sustained upper harmonies above dotted lower replies and short runs, slowing before the theme.

The theme begins with a pickup. Its measures 1-8 combine dotted melody notes, triplets, and slurred descents above low bass notes and chord replies. Measures 9-16 add chromatic notes, lighter running figures, a high sustained tone, and fuller chord punctuation.

Variation I, marked L'istesso tempo, turns the melody into continuous upper sixteenth notes. Its measures 1-8 rise and fall through alternating single and paired notes above bass notes and chords. Measures 9-16, marked fuocoso, add wider register changes, accented upper notes, lower-part motion, and a return to the rising figure.

The Andante Variation II begins with a dolce pickup. Its measures 1-8 place sustained melody notes and elaborate turns, triplets, and rapid descents above a flowing broken-note accompaniment. Measures 9-18 add rising arpeggios shared between the two parts, chromatic descents, a lower marcato run, and a return to the upper melody.

The following 2/4 passage begins with rising sixteenth-note figures in its measures 1-5, developing into paired upper notes and stronger chord replies. Its later figures descend and rise across the two parts before leading into the finale.

The Allegro moderato finale restores the dotted theme above recurring lower sixteenth-note figures in its measures 1-15. Measures 16-19 add triplets, short slurred replies, and a rising figure in both parts. Measures 20-28 change to repeated paired notes, chromatic replies, and higher-register phrases. Measures 29-39 extend the music into longer descending and ascending runs, alternating with accented chords and a lower marcato figure. Measure 40 closes with a held C-major chord.