Music 2711F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pizzicato, Absolute Music, Scherzo
13 Oct 2016
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Debate about how to respond to beethoven legacy. But both sides cited beethoven symphonies as their justification people said symphonic is dead, wagner less successful composer really struggling, music had text for opera, show how his output symphony huge potential. Works of 1850s and 60s (eg. 1st piano concerto) labeled old-fashioned. 1868: success of a german requiem increased his confidence (1st symphony) 20 years to write (first sketches 1855 premiered 1876) (he felt beethoven watching him, right choices, really paralyzed him, struggle what to do about symphony, major contribution to symphony,) 4 structure, beethoven contribute to symphony of music, interesting way have to do with interesting reference to 9th symphony, beginning of last movement. Beethoven goes through recaps all of symphony 1 by one voice comes in, brahms beginning last movement goes back to 1st movement, then goes to new theme, and move to musical equivalent moment baritone enters. Brahms 1 and beethoven 9 (ode to joy)
