ARTH 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Art Of Europe, Fidelio, Tyrant
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Chapter 13: vocal music in the classical era. It is common to divide beethoven"s creative life into several style periods. Such divisions are rather arbitrary and different sources will have slightly different dates for these periods. The first style period is from 1782 until 1802, a period of imitation and consolidation of his training and influences. Some sources will subdivide this period into two times - his life in bonn, and his early years in. One of his greatest influences in his early years in vienna was his study with haydn. Although the two were temperamentally opposed and beethoven felt constrained by haydn"s conservative nature, beethoven learned much about form and the craft of composition during these studies. Beethoven"s compositions from this time include his first two symphonies, the first two piano concerti, the first six piano sonatas, and the op.