Beethoven

Question 0

what was symphony no.6 initially referred to as?

Answer 0

as 5

Question 1

When was the first performance?

Answer 1

22nd december 1808

Question 2

what happened after the first performance?

Answer 2

the performance gained largely negative feedback including from Prince Lobkowitz

Question 3

when were the instrumental parts published?

Answer 3

the instrumental parts were published in april 1809

Question 4

what did beethoven do after the first performance?

Answer 4

made some changes to the score, some amendments were too late but added to later editions

Question 5

where is the original manuscript?

Answer 5

in the state library in berlin

Question 6

what does the eulenberg edition use?

Answer 6

german markings

Question 7

what was added later?

Answer 7

the metrenome marking

Question 8

outline sonata form

Answer 8

(intro) EXPOSITION (repeated) DEVELOPMENT RECAPITULATION (coda)

Question 9

what did beethoven extend the importance and length of?

Answer 9

the coda

Question 10

what was optional?

Answer 10

an introduction or coda, most composers rounded off with a coda & intro’s were not very common

Question 11

where and in what key can the 1st subject (theme) be found?

Answer 11

exposition - c minor

Question 12

what happens in the 2nd subject in exposition?

Answer 12

1 or more themes in the new key

Question 13

what happens after the 1st subject in the exposition?

Answer 13

transition to the dominant

Question 14

what does the exposition always end with?

Answer 14

in the dominant (or relative major) key with a repeat

• not all composers choose to repeat it

Question 15

what commonly happens in the development?

Answer 15

composers often play with the theme from the exposition or introduce new ones

Question 16

what did composers often do in the development?

Answer 16

they often took fragments of a theme, extending or shortening them, or changing instruments

Question 17

does the music modulate in the development?

Answer 17

yes, sometimes several times.

Question 18

what happens after the music has modulated in the development?

Answer 18

the return of the tonic is prepared by a dominant pedal

Question 19

what doesn’t beethoven keep strictly to the development?

Answer 19

he starts at the beginning and continues through the recapitulation

Question 20

what starts the recpaitulation?

Answer 20

1st subject (A) in the tonic with small differences

Question 21

what follows the 1st subject in the recapitulation?

Answer 21

transition - illusion of modulating but altered to end in the tonic

Question 22

in the recapitulation, what key is the 2nd subject (B) in?

Answer 22

the tonic

Question 23

how did beethoven treat the coda?

Answer 23

as if it was a second development

Question 24

what was added at the coda?

Answer 24

a 'tail' was added on the end

Question 25

when is the exposition?

Answer 25

b1-124

Question 26

where and in what key is the 1st subject? EXPOSITION

Answer 26

b1-21 - c minor

Question 27

what is the 1st entry? EXPOSITION

Answer 27

monophonic

Question 28

what is b22-52? EXPOSITION

Answer 28

the continuation of the 1st subject

Question 29

what does the continuation do? EXPOSITION

Answer 29

starts developing already

Question 30

what key is b22-52? EXPOSITION

Answer 30

remains in the tonic

Question 31

when does the transition take place? EXPOSITION

Answer 31

b52-58

Question 32

what is there in b52? EXPOSITION

Answer 32

a surprise chord = a diminished 7th

Question 33

where and in what key is the 2nd subject (A)? EXPOSITION

Answer 33

b59-110 - relative major (e flat major)

Question 34

who plays the opening of the 2nd subject? EXPOSITION

Answer 34

opening is 2 horns in unison which have developed from (A) but the falling interval is a 5th not a 3rd

Question 35

what happens in b63-94 (b2)?

Answer 35

contrasting violin melody

Question 36

when is the 3rd idea introduced and what is it? EXPOSITION

Answer 36

a b94, a tutti surge towards the perfect cadences starting at b110

Question 37

what happens at b110?

Answer 37

repeated perfect cadences start

Question 38

what happens before the repeat of the development?

Answer 38

two bar silence

Question 39

when does the development start and finish?

Answer 39

b125-248

Question 40

how does the development start? what does it reinforce in b125-179?

Answer 40

reinforces the principal idea of (A) - similar to the opening

Question 41

what does (B1) start with?

Answer 41

a falling 5th (b179-182)

Question 42

the principal idea is repeated 5 times - in what keys and when?

Answer 42

g major - b179-187 c major - b187-195 f minor - b195

Question 43

what happens in b197-198? DEVELOPMENT

Answer 43

antiphonal minums

Question 44

what does it rise chromatically from? DEVELOPMENT

Answer 44

b flat - d natural

Question 45

what happens after a quiet passage? DEVELOPMENT

Answer 45

the theme begins. falling 3rd's not 5th - single chord repeated from b238-248(1)

Question 46

what does the return of (A) played ff indicate? DEVELOPMENT

Answer 46

indicates new section

Question 47

when does the recapitulation start and finish?

Answer 47

b248-374

Question 48

where and in what key is the 1st subject in the recapitulation?

Answer 48

b248-268 - TONIC (C minor)

Question 49

what fills the original pause? RECAPITULATION

Answer 49

oboe cadenza fills original pause, highlighting the start

Question 50

how does beethoven reaffirm the tonic key? RECAPITULATION

Answer 50

with a c minor chord with a chord in b302

Question 51

what happens in b303-374?

Answer 51

2nd subject group as before but altered, to stay in the tonic key (c minor) and side steps to c major (b340-)

Question 52

when is the coda?

Answer 52

b374-502

Question 53

what is played across the orchestra? CODA

Answer 53

principal idea shared across the orchestra

Question 54

what does the piece end with?

Answer 54

ends with 12 bars of perfect cadences in the tonic

Question 55

what transition is made in b376-386?

Answer 55

tonic major - f minor