Short answer questions

Question 1

Beethoven’s 3 periods. Provide names, exact dates, characteristics, musical examples

Answer 1

Early Period - 1770 - 1802, Early Beethoven still learning, influences from Haydn, Mozart, and Albrechtsberger, Lots emotion, (Op. 13 Pathétique Sonata, Symphony No. 1 in C Major)

Heroic Period - 1802 - 1815, More ambitious music, breaking more rules. Famous in german speaking lands, deafness begins to set in, music as drama. (Symphony no. 3 Eroica, Symphony no. 5)

Late period - 1815 - 1817, Extreme contrast in works, extreme variation technique, more difficult music, wrote for professionals not amateurs. (Missa Solemnis, Symphony no. 9 Ode to Joy)

Question 2

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony characteristics

Answer 2

• Poem by Friedrich Schiller
• Themes of brotherhood, unity, and success
• Choir included with symphony (unusual)
• Longest piece of its time (1hr and 15 minutes)
• only symphony from late period
• wrote for professionals (incredibly talented vocalists)