Beethoven Pastoral Symphony Analysis

"Beethoven's pastoral symphonies are not only more fascinating than the most beautiful scenery of the painting but more imaginative and convincing that it is heaven on earth. There the soul is integrated with nature and is immersed in peace. This is the French novelist George's praise of the great work in the "travel letter."
Beethoven's nine symphonies are great, but one of my favorites is the pastoral symphony. The reason is simple: this piece of music is natural. Beethoven was a pioneer. He perfected and expanded the band, adding the short flute, the bass cello, the trombone and some percussion instruments such as the tri-iron, the drum, etc into his music. The rhythm of innovation, strong and weak contrast, the free bar rhythm; The heavily used in dissonant chords and irregular chords harmony … They are all started to be mastered in Beethoven’s music pieces. But when I listen or play them, I often feel a feeling of intentional, especially in some works that Beethoven …show more content…
That means all the vivid sounds and touching scenes in the music were his imagination and part of his memory, expressing his love and affection for nature. Beethoven also noted on the title page of the general spectrum that "it was the expression of the emotions, not the sound and visual effect." More specifically, "the pastoral" symphony is not like a painting, but more like an expression of the joy of the countryside in the human heart. I understand that Beethoven wanted to emphasize the spiritual world rather than the description of nature. But I have some different opinions: the essence of the painting is about capturing the most amazing moment in your mind and express it with the brush, and if we compare this with Beethoven creating " the Pastoral "symphony with memories and imaginations, it's more like achieving the same result by different