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moment I brought you home’. In 1904, this arching motif provides a continuous
textural backdrop for the Kostelnička’s reflections right up to fig. 7:
Ex. 3.14
At first glance this accompaniment (and particularly the motivic profile) seems to
have much in common with the ostinatos that are such a notable feature of Janáček’s
mature style, for instance the ones that appear in the first movement of the second
String Quartet (Ex. 3.15) and the second movement of the Sinfonietta (Ex. 3.16):
Ex. 3.15 Kvartet ‘Listy důvěrné’ VII/3 (1928), first movement
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