The Horn By Beethoven Summary

This story is centered on a man’s addiction to drugs. Beethoven starts his symphony with his famed theme, fate knocking. This is the initial intake of the drug. Fate is knocking, but the man tries to ignore it. It then comes back softer at first. It begins increasing gradually. This is him steadily becoming addicted. It then explodes with volume. This is his addiction screaming at him, commanding him to come take more. He ends up taking more witch again gradually pulls him in deeper. This time the background horns during the theme give of the downward spiral of his addiction.
The horns starting the second theme give off a sense of hope. The change from menacing to happy with the eerie undertone of knocking, gives the illusion that things may …show more content…
The bridge starts with the triumphant horn, and quickly switches to a much quieter melody much like in the beginning of this piece. The biggest difference is that in this one the undertone knocking made by the horn is not there. At this point he is getting help and he has accepted that he has a problem. There is no longer a downward spiral for his life, now he just needs to assess the damage and make his way to recovery.
The second theme starts out happy and triumphant. It goes like this though to the coda, and it remains constant until close to the very end. Here we find a dooming knocking one last time. This knocking points to the future. It shows that since he had an addiction the damage of it will always be there, and it will peak its ugly head out from time to time. And it will usually be the most unanticipated times.
The entire second movement was slow and somber. It gave the impression that he was deep in his addiction and that there was almost no hope of escaping. At certain pints the piece picks up tempo and volume. At this time has sobered up and vowed never to fall that far again. This movement is theme and variation so over the course of this movement he has fallen over and over …show more content…
This portrays all of the things in his life that tempt him. Section A returns, but this time it is quieter and less intense. This is the calm before the storm. He is finally able to hold back his urges, but they are still there. One all of section A repeats it turns into the coda. The coda starts out calm just like section A’s variation, then at the end erupts into explodes into the Fourth movement. The entire fourth movement is full of energy it starts up with the entire orchestra playing a triumphant tune. This is him conquering yet another struggle with