Composition - Symphony No. 5 (p. 72-77) Flashcards
Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key
What is the form of the movement?
Give the musical feature of this excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? First movement
What is the key: C minor
What is the form of the movement? Sonata form
Musical features include:
- The tempo is Allegro con brio (fast with energy)
-The famous motive is the three short, one long rhythm.
-Clarinet and strings play the motive.
Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?
Give the musical feature of the excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 3rd movement
What is the key: C minor
What is the form of the movement? ABC (ternary) - scherzo and trio
Scherzo and trio is not a typical form.
The typical form for the third movement is menuet and trio.
The third movement has a rocket theme played by the low strings in the beginning. The rocket theme is very quiet (pp).
Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?
Give the musical feature of the excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 4th movement
What is the key: C major
What is the form of the movement? sonata form
The first three notes of the theme is the tonic chord of the C major. Loud trumpets adds the powerful feelings.
Give definition of symphony
Give example title for this term.
A symphony is a multi-movement orchestral work started in the 18th century and it usually has four movements. Usually the first, and sometimes, the fourth, movements is in sonata form.
Symphony No 5 in C- is a symphony.
Give definition of cyclical structure
Give example title for this term.
Cyclical structure is the structure in which material heard in one movement recurs in later movements. This creates a connection (structural unity) in a multi-movement work.
Symphony No 5 in C- has cyclical structure.
Give definition of motive.
Give example title for this term.
A motive is a short musical idea used to build a melody.
Symphony No. 5 in C- has a short-short-short-long motive.
Give definition of scherzo and trio.
Give example title for this term.
Scherzo and trio and Italian for “joke”. Beethoven uses scherzo instead of menuet because scherzo is more dramatic than the elegant menuet. Scherzo could also be humorous and it has a contrasting middle section so it’s scherzo-trio-scherzo, this is the ABA form.
The third movement in Symphony No. 5 in C- has the scherzo and trio form.
What is a multi-movement orchestral work started in the 18th century and it usually has four movements?
Give example title for this term.
Symphony
Symphony No 5 in C- is a symphony.
What is the structure in which material heard in one movement recurs in later movements? This creates a connection (structural unity) in a multi-movement work.
Give example title for this term.
Cyclical structure
Symphony No 5 in C- has cyclical structure.
What is the short musical idea used to build a melody?
Give example title for this term.
Motive
Symphony No. 5 in C- has a short-short-short-long motive.
What is more dramatic than menuet and is Italian for “joke?” This could also be humorous and it has a contrasting middle section so it’s also the ABA form.
Give example title for this term.
Scherzo & trio
The third movement in Symphony No. 5 in C- has the scherzo and trio form.
Name 5 ways in which Symphony No. 5 demonstrates Beethoven’s originality
- Short and sharp motive (3 short, one long motive)
- dramatic scherzo and trio in the third movement instead of menuet of trio
- use of cyclical structure
- used new orchestral instruments: piccolo, trombone and contrabassoon
- very loud, sudden accents and extreme dynamic contrasts, is found throughout the symphony
