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1. --> 1802: Period of Imitation |
1. --> 1802: Period of Imitation - Copying Haydn and Mozart - ex: Symphonies 1 and 2 - Motive- A short melodic idea. - Also called a Cell - Beethoven is OCD about his music3rd Movement of a Symphony - Beethoven get rid of the Minuet form - Uses a new form called Scherzo (means to joke or jest in Italian) - Satirical movements - Irony - Very Fast with great contrast - ABACA "Beethoven's Hair" - Found out that he loses hearing at 1790 - from probably lead poisoning - Heilegenstadt Testimony (1802) - Started out as a suicide letter becomes an affirmation letter - in the end he’s going to put all his energy into his music instead of committing suicide |
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2. 1803- 1815- Heroic Period |
2. 1803- 1815- Heroic Period - The artist as Hero - Increasingly Subjective - Purely Autobiographical (Deafness/ Illness) - Music is more dramatic - Form become experimental for dramatic purposes and programmatic reasons - Music is there to meet his emotional needs; not someone else’s - Symphony No. 3 (Eroica). Program- Extra musical idea - Dedicated to Napoleon - Symphony No. 5 - 1st movement- Development of a short rhythmic motive/ cell - 3rd movement- Scherzo- Has a transition that leads directly to the finale *** 3rd and 4th movements are combined- no break between them*** - rhythmic motive is used in the transition between the movements - new orchestration (trombones, contra bassoon, piccolo) - 4th movement - Finale 1. Expands orchestration by using trombones, contrabassoon, piccolo 2. Cyclical Form- Themes from one movement reappear in another - Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale) - The great outdoors - about Beethoven walking in the woods. Evoke the sounds of nature - Program Symphony - program= extra musical idea - 5 movements - 1st movement: Awakening of glad tidings while walking in the woods - 2nd movement: Scene by a Brook - 3rd movement: Peasant Dance ***transition**** - 4th movement: storm ***transition*** - 5th movement: Prayer of thanksgiving |
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3rd Period 1815- 1827 Introspection |
-uses old forms like the fugue - Symphony No. 9 (choral) 4th mvt loud chord cello & bass recitative 1st mvt theme cello + bass 2nd mvt theme cello + bass 3rd mvt theme cello + bass ode to joy theme + variations variations based choir and soloists based on Schillers Ode to Joy -composed in 1824 -based on poetry by Schiller “Ode to Joy”-Late Piano Sonatas - Late String Quartets - works become very personal and Spiritual (belief in a higher power and the brotherhood of human kind) - Form: No longer important except as a vehicle for his message - Harmony: become increasingly experimental -transitional period between the classical + romantic periods -Beethoven’s philosophies that come out in the 9th symphony 1. All men are created equal2. there is a higher power |
