Revolution and Beethoven

Question 1

Which Beethoven Symphony uses chorus ? and in which movement?

Answer 1

Symphony 9 4th movement

Question 2

What is organism and which symphony is it most prominent in?

Answer 2

The recurrence of a rhythmic or melodic theme in all the movements of a symphony. Symphony 5

Question 3

What was the narrative of Symphony no.3 Eroica for each movement?

Answer 3

Revolution

1. struggle
2. funeral march
3. Nationalism (call to battle)
4. Enlightenment

Question 4

Which Symphony was most accommodating to the connoisseur class?

Answer 4

The 5th symphony

Question 5

What does attaca mean?

Answer 5

when a movement goes one after the other without stopping

Question 6

Which poem was used for 9th symphony?

Answer 6

Schiller’s An die Freude/ ode to joy

Question 7

What defines the early period of Beethoven’s music and what symphony was composed in his early period?

Answer 7

There more older styles than new in his pieces. He is unable to live off of his compositions in Vienna in the beginning so he built his career off of playing the piano. Symphony no.1

Question 8

What defines the middle period of Beethoven and what pieces were composed during this time?

Answer 8

Symphony no. 3 “Eroica” and Piano concert #4 op.58.

1. His reputation grows and patrons pay him to do whatever he wants so he is able to try new styles
2. He writes un-texted narratives and is starting embrace the new sublime
3. his hearing is slowly starting to decline
4. reforms the classical style

Question 9

What defines the late period of Beethoven’s music and what pieces did he compose during that time?

Answer 9

String quartet in c sharp minor and 9th symphony. There is an economic depression and his pro-republic ideas dies down because they are cracking down on people. He leans on older styles like counterpoint and he is embracing more innovation. His hearing starts declining in 1818.

Question 10

What dates are the early period of Beethoven ?

Answer 10

(birth -1802)

Question 11

What years are the middle period of Beethoven’s career?

Answer 11

(1803-1814)

Question 12

What years are the late period of Beethoven’s career?

Answer 12

1815-1827

Question 13

What was the “Heilgenstadt Testament”?

Answer 13

A letter written by Beethoven that was sent to his brother Carl when he was depressed and could no longer hide his increasing infirmity. The letter disclosed his deafness

Question 14

Who did Beethoven study with?

Answer 14

Haydn and Salieri

Question 15

True or false: Beethoven admired Mozart

Answer 15

True. Mozart is featured so heavily in the canon because Beethoven was inspired by him

Question 16

Where was Beethoven born?

Answer 16

Germany

Question 17

why did Beethoven have a hard time hold a job in the beginning of his career?

Answer 17

1. Affairs with married women of the nobility

2. He was a republican (against monarchy)