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what was symphony no.6 initially referred to as?

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as 5

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When was the first performance?

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22nd december 1808

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what happened after the first performance?

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the performance gained largely negative feedback including from Prince Lobkowitz

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when were the instrumental parts published?

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the instrumental parts were published in april 1809

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what did beethoven do after the first performance?

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made some changes to the score, some amendments were too late but added to later editions

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where is the original manuscript?

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in the state library in berlin

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what does the eulenberg edition use?

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german markings

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what was added later?

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the metrenome marking

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outline sonata form

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(intro) EXPOSITION (repeated) DEVELOPMENT RECAPITULATION (coda)

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what did beethoven extend the importance and length of?

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the coda

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what was optional?

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an introduction or coda, most composers rounded off with a coda & intro’s were not very common

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where and in what key can the 1st subject (theme) be found?

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exposition - c minor

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what happens in the 2nd subject in exposition?

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1 or more themes in the new key

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what happens after the 1st subject in the exposition?

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transition to the dominant

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14
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what does the exposition always end with?

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in the dominant (or relative major) key with a repeat

  • not all composers choose to repeat it
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what commonly happens in the development?

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composers often play with the theme from the exposition or introduce new ones

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what did composers often do in the development?

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they often took fragments of a theme, extending or shortening them, or changing instruments

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does the music modulate in the development?

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yes, sometimes several times.

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18
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what happens after the music has modulated in the development?

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the return of the tonic is prepared by a dominant pedal

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what doesn’t beethoven keep strictly to the development?

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he starts at the beginning and continues through the recapitulation

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what starts the recpaitulation?

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1st subject (A) in the tonic with small differences

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what follows the 1st subject in the recapitulation?

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transition - illusion of modulating but altered to end in the tonic

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in the recapitulation, what key is the 2nd subject (B) in?

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the tonic

23
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how did beethoven treat the coda?

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as if it was a second development

24
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what was added at the coda?

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a ‘tail’ was added on the end

25
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when is the exposition?

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b1-124

26
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where and in what key is the 1st subject? EXPOSITION

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b1-21 - c minor

27
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what is the 1st entry? EXPOSITION

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monophonic

28
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what is b22-52? EXPOSITION

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the continuation of the 1st subject

29
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what does the continuation do? EXPOSITION

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starts developing already

30
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what key is b22-52? EXPOSITION

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remains in the tonic

31
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when does the transition take place? EXPOSITION

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b52-58

32
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what is there in b52? EXPOSITION

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a surprise chord = a diminished 7th

33
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where and in what key is the 2nd subject (A)? EXPOSITION

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b59-110 - relative major (e flat major)

34
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who plays the opening of the 2nd subject? EXPOSITION

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opening is 2 horns in unison which have developed from (A) but the falling interval is a 5th not a 3rd

35
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what happens in b63-94 (b2)?

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contrasting violin melody

36
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when is the 3rd idea introduced and what is it? EXPOSITION

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a b94, a tutti surge towards the perfect cadences starting at b110

37
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what happens at b110?

A

repeated perfect cadences start

38
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what happens before the repeat of the development?

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two bar silence

39
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when does the development start and finish?

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b125-248

40
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how does the development start? what does it reinforce in b125-179?

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reinforces the principal idea of (A) - similar to the opening

41
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what does (B1) start with?

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a falling 5th (b179-182)

42
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the principal idea is repeated 5 times - in what keys and when?

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g major - b179-187

c major - b187-195

f minor - b195

43
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what happens in b197-198? DEVELOPMENT

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antiphonal minums

44
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what does it rise chromatically from? DEVELOPMENT

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b flat - d natural

45
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what happens after a quiet passage? DEVELOPMENT

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the theme begins. falling 3rd’s not 5th - single chord repeated from b238-248(1)

46
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what does the return of (A) played ff indicate? DEVELOPMENT

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indicates new section

47
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when does the recapitulation start and finish?

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b248-374

48
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where and in what key is the 1st subject in the recapitulation?

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b248-268 - TONIC (C minor)

49
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what fills the original pause? RECAPITULATION

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oboe cadenza fills original pause, highlighting the start

50
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how does beethoven reaffirm the tonic key? RECAPITULATION

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with a c minor chord with a chord in b302

51
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what happens in b303-374?

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2nd subject group as before but altered, to stay in the tonic key (c minor) and side steps to c major (b340-)

52
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when is the coda?

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b374-502

53
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what is played across the orchestra? CODA

A

principal idea shared across the orchestra

54
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what does the piece end with?

A

ends with 12 bars of perfect cadences in the tonic

55
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what transition is made in b376-386?

A

tonic major - f minor

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