Two of these temperaments, sanguine and choleric, shared a common trait: quickness of response (corresponding to heat), while the melancholic and phlegmatic shared the opposite, a longer response (coldness).
Therefore, it was evident that the sanguine and choleric shared a common trait: quickness of response, while the melancholy and phlegmatic shared the opposite, a longer response.
As indicated in the subtitle, each of its four movements is a musical sketch of a humor of the four temperaments: choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, and sanguine.
However, the choleric would be characterized by quick expressions of anger, while the melancholy would build up anger slowly, silently, before exploding.
