Life and Works Periods and Styles Ludwig van Beethoven 17701827 Three Style Periods Early Beethoven Middle Period Heroic Style beginning in 1803 Late Beethoven Early Beethoven Born in Bonn 17 December 1770 ID: 371852
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BeethovenSlide2
Life and Works,
Periods and Styles
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Three Style Periods
Early Beethoven
Middle Period “Heroic Style”
beginning in 1803
Late BeethovenSlide3
Early Beethoven
Born in Bonn, 17 December 1770
First public performance at age 7
Appointed assistant to the electoral court organist at age 10
Court singer and instrumentalist at age 18
Sent to study in Vienna in 1792Slide4
Early Beethoven
Studies with Haydn,
Albrechtsberger
, and
Salieri
Virtuosic performer and improviser in Viennese musical circlesOp. 1 Piano Trios (1795)Slide5
Early Beethoven
Sonata No. 8, Op.3
Grande
sonate
pathétique [Anthology 2-17]C minorFirst movement
Grave
Allegro
di
molto
e
con brio
recall of the
GraveSlide6
Early Beethoven
First Symphony, 1800
“masterpiece”
“originality”
“bizarre”Slide7
Early Beethoven
Septet, Op. 46 [Anthology 2-18]
clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
6 movements
traditional classical formsSlide8
Disaster
Summer 1801
“For
the past three years my hearing has become weaker and weaker” (letter to
Wegeler
)Heiligenstadt Testament, 1802
unsent letter to his brothers
confession of deafness and despairSlide9
The Eroica
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 (1803) [Anthology 2-19]
“Heroic
style”
Unprecedented
scalePremiered 1805Slide10
The Eroica
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 (1803) [Anthology 2-19]
First movement
lyrically cello melody with unexpected
C#
Second movement
Marcia
funebre
(Funeral March)
Third movement
Scherzo (“joke”)
metric ambiguities
Fourth movement
theme and variationsSlide11
Fidelio
Beethoven’s only opera
Extensively
revised
3 versions, four different overtures
Premiered 1805“Rescue
operas”
Opéras
comiquesSlide12
The Fifth and Fate
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 [Anthology 2-20]
“
Organicism
”
all four movements grow from the opening measuresthree shorts and a longSlide13
The Fifth and Fate
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 [Anthology 2-20]
First movement
Second movement
unusual two-themed variation form
Third movementvigorous scherzo and trio, leads directly into the fourth movement
Fourth movement
introduction of three trombones
sonata formSlide14
The
Pastoral
Symphony
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
“More
expression of feeling than tone painting”
Program
musicSlide15
Rising Fame and Decreasing Productivity
Period
of depression
“Immortal Beloved” (1812)
Legal
battle over his nephew KarlWellington’s Victory 1813celebrated Napoleon’s defeat
“Conversation
books”Slide16
Late Beethoven
Large
and imposing compositions
three piano sonatas (Opp. 109, 110, 11)
“
Diabelli” Variations, Op. 120
Missa
solemnis
Ninth Symphony
five string quartets (Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 135)
Grosse
Fuge
, Op. 133Slide17
Late Beethoven
Unusual
length
Structural
fragmentation
Exploration of counterpointNew deployment of instrumentsSlide18
Late Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
an hour long
unusual ordering of movements
vast finale for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
setting of Schiller’s “An die Freude” (“Ode to Joy”)Slide19
Inwardness: The Late
String Quartets
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 [Anthology 2-21]
fifth movement,
Adagio molto
“Cavatina”“sotto voce”
“
beklemmt
”Slide20
Inwardness: The Late
String Quartets
Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Final movement
Der
schwergejast Entschluss
(The Difficult Decision)
“Muss
es
sein
?” (Must it be?)
“Es muss
sein
!” (It must be!)