MUSI 3480 Lecture Notes - London Symphonies, Legato, Recitative
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Beethoven: earlier career, 1792: moved to vienna, moved to the center of instrumental music in europe. Had to study with hadyn, but wanted to study with. Goes behind his haydn"s back to study with other teachers. 18. isn"t published until he is 28 and his first symphony wasn"t published until he was 30: 1792-1800: growing confidence, sketching his string quartet. Haydn withdrew from writing to stop competing: 1799-1800: first symphony, in the model of hadyn"s london symphonies. 21. slow introduction: begins with an off tonic, similar sense of humor, use of winds and well-orchestrated, 1800 on : continuing to work in the genres. 2nd symphony in 1802: was close friends with the nobility who have their own string quartets and symphonies in their courts. Well established by 1800: realizes he"s having trouble hearing things at a distance. Went to spa but hearing doesn"t get better.
