Ferdinand Beyer - Les charmes de l'opéra, Op. 33, No. 5 - I Puritani

Measure numbers restart in the Andante sostenuto and each Allegro moderato. Opening pickups and the unbarred cadenza are excluded; closing partial measures follow the printed barlines.

The Andante sostenuto is in 6/8. Measures 1-23 carry a slurred cantabile melody, dotted rhythms, and short ornamental runs above flowing lower broken notes. The melody broadens into paired notes near the close, then leads into a freely written rising and falling cadenza marked a piacere.

The first Allegro moderato changes to common time. Measures 1-9 combine an accented upper melody and rising and falling runs with continuous lower broken notes. Measures 10-17 bring quieter phrases, marked sotto voce and dolce, into the same flowing texture. Measures 18-24 expand the runs across the upper register and descend into a quieter chromatic line as the accompaniment falls silent.

The second Allegro moderato changes to 3/4. Measures 1-15 present short slurred figures above recurring bass notes and repeated lower chords. Measures 16-23 broaden into rising and falling upper runs and stronger chord accents. Measures 24-29 return to a quieter flowing texture, then rise through chromatic figures. Measures 30-36 add upper chord replies above rapid lower arpeggios and close with spaced chords and a held C-major harmony.