MUS 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Minuet, Song Cycle, Diminished Seventh Chord
MUS10 Lecture 4 – Beethoven and Introduction to the Romantic Era
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Grew up in Bonn, Germany but then moved to Vienna in 1787
o Returned home to Germany to take care of his family but then moved
permanently to Vienna in 1792
▪ Aristocrats in Vienna supported him financially
• Musical career
o Received an education in music from his father at a young age
o Composed symphonies, piano concertos, piano sonatas, and string quartets
▪ Introduced many new elements to music such as emotional depth
o Started to lose his hearing and his deafness made him grumpy and socially
awkward
• Three periods: early, middle or heroic, and late periods
o Early period (until 1802)
▪ Influenced by classical music and classical composers such as Mozart and
Haydn (actually studied under Haydn)
o Middle or heroic period (1802-1812)
▪ Influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and the ideals of the French
Revolution
▪ False recapitulation used within music
▪ Works composed during the time
• Symphonies No. 3-8
o Symphony No. 5
▪ First movement in sonata form
▪ Third movement: ABA form with minuet, trio, and
then minuet repeated
• Waldstein Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53
• Appassionata (Piano Sonata No. 23)
• String quartet No. 59, Razumovsky
• Piano Concertos No. 4 and 5
• Fidelio (Beethoven’s only opera)
• Leonore Overtures
o Late period (1812-1827)
▪ Works composed during the time
• An die ferne Geliebte song cycle
o Songs include vocalist accompanied by instrumental music
• Piano Sonatas Op. 109-111
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Mus10 lecture 4 beethoven and introduction to the romantic era. Introduced many new elements to music such as emotional depth: started to lose his hearing and his deafness made him grumpy and socially awkward, three periods: early, middle or heroic, and late periods, early period (until 1802) Influenced by classical music and classical composers such as mozart and. Haydn (actually studied under haydn: middle or heroic period (1802-1812) Influenced by the ideas of the enlightenment and the ideals of the french. Revolution: false recapitulation used within music, works composed during the time, symphonies no. 5: first movement in sonata form, third movement: aba form with minuet, trio, and then minuet repeated, waldstein sonata no. 4 and 5: fidelio (beethoven"s only opera, leonore overtures, late period (1812-1827, works composed during the time, an die ferne geliebte song cycle, songs include vocalist accompanied by instrumental music, piano sonatas op. 109-111: diabelli variations for piano, string quartets op.
