Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is one of the most well-known symphonies ever written. The first movement is “fast with vigor”. The introduction is somewhat deceiving because it does not feel fast. The smoothness of it allows the listener to sit back and forget how quickly the music is progressing. It is not until the first half cadence from V/V to V that the listener feels how dynamic the movement is. Through the development of the movement, it modulates from minor to major which changes the energy and mood of the movement entirely. The major development feels more like a fantasy. The fantasy is first turned around by the repeat to the beginning of the movement into the minor section, and again into a new development into a different minor key.
