The Vienna Of Beethiven And Schubert

Question 1

What was Beethoven personal life defined by

Answer 1

Lack of institutional employment

Question 2

Who helped him

Answer 2

Group of Vuennese aristocrats

Question 3

When was beethiven completely death by

Answer 3

1818
Refused to stop conducting
Orchestra could keep time without him

Question 4

Beethiven and teaching

Answer 4

String views in piano playing

Sorear cantabile playinging

Question 5

Cantabile playing

Answer 5

Bringing out one line

Question 6

Beethoven self view

Answer 6

Critical
Continued to learn
Sent publishers notes of mistakes

Question 7

Beethovens interests

Answer 7

Counterpoint
Older music
Influenced but didn’t copy

Question 8

Enlightenment writer who influenced Beethoven

Answer 8

Schiller
1790s Letters on the aesthetic education of mankind
Finale of 9th symphony based on fragments of Schillders ode An die Freude

Question 9

Beethiven conceptions of heroic greatness

Answer 9

Napoleon = original subject of 3rd symphony ‘Eroica’ unil he crowned himself Emporer
Own self image - all the great characters suffer or die

Question 10

Who did Beethoven write for?

Answer 10

Intellectual elite, not commoners

Question 11

Did Beethoven believe in religion?

Answer 11

Yes

Religious imagery

Question 12

What was Beethovens music?

Answer 12

Expression of his emotions

Bridge between classical and romantic

Question 13

Symphony no. 3 in Eb

Answer 13

Eroica
Turning point in music
1803

Question 14

Symphony no. 3 first movement

Answer 14

Allegro con brio
3/4
Sonata form

Question 15

Symphony no. 3 second movement

Answer 15

Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

Funeral March in ternary form

Question 16

Symphony no. 3 third movement

Answer 16

Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Trio
Rapid 3/4 time

Question 17

Symphony no. 3 fourth movement

Answer 17

Finale. Allegro molt - poco Andante - presto

Set of ten themes

Question 18

What was there a rise in?

Answer 18

Middle class

Question 19

What was important for beethoven?

Answer 19

Networking

Question 20

Beethiven stylistic innovations

Answer 20

Thicker textures
Fewer scales
Less periodicity
Bolder harmonies
Wider dynamics
Lengthier works

Question 21

Concert of 22nd December 1808

Answer 21

Pastoral symphony
Piano concerti no. 4 in G
Grand Symphony in Cm
Fantasy on the piano

Question 22

Congress of Vienna 1814 - 15

Answer 22

People of all nations in Vienna

Need entertainment

Question 23

Schubert background

Answer 23

Choir boy then taught by Salieri

Question 24

What was there a rise of in musicians?

Answer 24

Virtuoso

Question 25

What was more popular?

Answer 25

Home concerts

Question 26

Biedermeyer

Answer 26

Satire of the common man

Cheesy middle class

Question 27

What influenced schubert work?

Answer 27

Syphilis

Depressed

Question 28

When did Schubert die?

Answer 28

19th November 1828

Question 29

Conditions in Vienna?

Answer 29

Poor

Rise in homeless and poverty

Question 30

Realism transformed: why was schubert different to other composers?

Answer 30

Local to Vienna
Beaome a symbol of idealism
Music reflective of his home

Question 31

Realism transformed: schubert geniuous?

Answer 31

Complex response to the need to communicate beyond the arena of private and psychological concerns

Question 32

How did Schubert escape the censorship of post Napoleon Vienna?

Answer 32

Expression and communication through music

Question 33

Realism transformed: How did Schubert escape the censorship of post Napoleon Vienna?

Answer 33

Expression and communication through music