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Beethoven’s 3 periods. Provide names, exact dates, characteristics, musical examples
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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)
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony characteristics
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- 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)
