... elements that basically shaped the first movement in this symphony. Beethoven uses a symphonic orchestra in this piece. Some of the instruments used include: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, french horns, timpanis, and probably one of the most important sections in this piece; the strings. Beethoven introduces, then reintroduces themes one and two throughout the movement. The strings ... introduce both the second theme and they are responsible for the introduction into the development of the movement. Beethoven alternates the woodwinds, brass, and strings to create a feeling of tuggi...

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... commentary of a modern Urtext edition), other historical and/or modern recordings, historical treatises and documents, score analysis, and writings on performance issues (historical and modern). Response Beethoven's "Sonata for Cello and Piano op. 69," was composed in 1806-1807. Dedicated to Baron Gleichenstein, a cellist of limited merits, the work provides useful insights into Beethoven's expectations of cellists in ... 1850 enabled performers to shift into higher positions and exploit the higher register of the instrument, cultivating greater uniformity of tone. Secondly, as John Moran...

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... life. The idea of the social contract lay behind two of the momentous events of the period "the American and French Revolutions. During this time, the world experienced the influential rules of Louis XV in France and Catherine the Great in Russia. The ... French Revolution introduced the "Reign of Terror- before Napoleon's rise to power. Some other significant events of the period were the signing ... At the age of eight, he gave his first public performance as a pianist. Beethoven's music is filled with the heroism and rebelliousness that were present in the French Revolution, a major ...

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... emotion was tailored to give worship more magnetism. However, Baroque music was different in many ways because although the music was customized for churches, certain instruments and voices depending on there sound were objectives when the composers wrote the music. In this era, instrumental technology ... is sonata. It is instrumental music that combines different instruments to play with or against one another. A trio sonata is two high joined parts for oboes, flutes or violins played over a bass or bassoon. Because the violin was technologically improved and modernized as a solo instr...

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... came through Bonn, Germany and heard Beethoven play and made an offer to teach him if he would come to Vienna. Even though the French Revolution was going on during this time, Haydn kept his word to Beethoven and gave him lessons. With the first couple of months it ... Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109)." Beethoven's symphonies are known ... five piano concertos, a violin conce...

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... came through Bonn, Germany and heard Beethoven play and made an offer to teach him if he would come to Vienna. Even though the French Revolution was going on during this time, Haydn kept his word to Beethoven and gave him lessons. With the first couple of months it ... Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109)." Beethoven's symphonies are known ... five piano concertos, a violin conce...

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Performing Music "The etymological affiliations of "perform" lie with the old French perfournir, "to furnish or supply." And performers, indeed, furnish music, bring it to consciousness, in a profound sense ... many incarnations as performers and performances, each one distinctly different. A responsible performer must intimately understand each piece he will perform, not only the notes on the page, but its historical background. Several things must be understood before one can perform a piece successfully. First, a performer must analyze ... understand the historical context of the piece. W...

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... slow, and medium. Italian terms used in musical notation denote more than a dozen different tempos, which included allegro, moderato, and lento. Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. Tone color (timbre) distinguished the sound and characteristics that separated one instrument or voice from another. The classical era between 1750 and 1820 was defined ... Enlightenment, which began earlier in the eighteenth century. Following the scientific and intellectual advances of the previous century, thinkers such as Voltaire, Diderot, Locke, Jefferson, ...

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