MUS 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scherzo, Timpani, Pizzicato
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5 in c minor: most celebrated symphony, beethoven utilizes his vast imagination not guided or supported by outside thoughts. 1st, 2nd, and 4th symphonies were common for the time period. 3rd ( eroica ): reaches a greater height: beethoven"s more intimate thoughts come out in the 5th symphony secret sorrows pent-up rage his dreams so full of melancholy oppression nocturnal visions bursts of enthusiasm. 3rd goes straight into the 4th ( nale) triumphant exhilarating rich: magni cent symphony ends before the audience gets tired (not as melancholy) 6 in f (the pastoral ) depicts the calmness of the countryside. Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside depicts herdsmen in elds: morning breeze chirping birds. 3rd movement: laughing and dancing: merry gathering of countryfolk, beethoven intended to represent a german country town dance becomes more animated, excited, and noisy then darker. 4th movement: thunder and storm grumbling sounds in the basses lots of force tells a story.
