Quiz 1: Beethoven Flashcards
Characteristics that can be found in all of his music
- Emphasis on short motivic ideas that lend themselves to development.
- Powerful rhythmic energy.
- Use of the orchestra for sheer force.
- Master of variation technique.
Heiligenstadt Testament
A letter from Beethoven to his brother written in 1802 from the town of Heiligenstadt, where Beethoven had a summer home. He described the desperation of his hearing loss and how he was close to suicide, but wrote that only his art held him back.
Fidelio
Beethoven’s only opera
Missa Solemnis
Beethoven’s Mass in D from the late period.
Symphony No.3 Subtitle
Eroica
Symphony No.3: Key and who was it dedicated to
Eb, dedicated to Napoleon
Symphony No. 5 Subtitle
In C minor
Symphony No.5: About (4)
- Had no break between the last 2 movements,
- The last movement was the summation of the work.
- Increased the size of the orchestra.
- Cyclic work
Symphony No. 6 Subtitle
Pastoral
Symphony No. 6: About (3)
- Programmatic music
- Increased the number of movements to 5 by interpolating the more explicitly programmatic fourth (thunderstorm) movement.
- There is no break between the last 3 movements.
Symphony No.9 Subtitle
Choral
Symphony No. 9: About (4)
- Increased the overall length of the piece to an extra hour
- Reversed the orders of the middle movements
- Subtitled Choral because he added vocal soloists in the orchestra.
- Used Ode to Joy text written by Schiller
Moonlight Sonata
Piano sonata No. 14 dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie “Giulietta” Guicciardi.
Symphonies composed
9
Numbered piano sonatas composed
32
