Music 1710F/G Lecture Notes - Napoleonic Wars
5 Feb 2013
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Every sound intentionally made is instinctively taken to be an attempt at communication. [ ] in the presence of sound intentionally produced, and intentionally organized, we feel ourselves within another person"s ambit. Organized by a person music connects us to a person"s thought. Music is a metaphor for overcoming oppression and what resists freedom and brotherhood. Peace is something to be celebrated as a military victory is. Emphasis to bring attention to the word. Movement of exalted mode of expression with the choir and orchestra in 4/4 to the strange march with cymbals, bassoons. (high register of brotherhood moving to the lower register) war. Perhaps he is mocking victory, or genuinely trying to imply it. March to victory may outline the end of the world, aestheticizing the idea of. *beethoven definitely means to capture some idea with the march. *not an actual battle musical celebration of a battle already achieved.
