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1 LISTENING GUIDE Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 Composed st Performance in Vienna, December 22, 1808 Movement I Allegro con brio FORM: SONATA ALLEGRO EXPOSITION 1st Theme 1. 1st THEME introduced by two strong UNISONS. & b b b 4 2 U U 2. Close IMITATION leads to CHORDS. Which INSTRUMENT hangs on? Violin. Another (very loud) UNISON restarts the action. Transition 4. ASCENDING SEQUENCE of 6 steps based on. 1st Theme (soft) 5. TRANSITION ends with 2 CHORDS. 2nd Theme 6. 2nd THEME poses Question (in E-FLAT MAJOR) & b b b and receives three simple & b b b Answers.

2 Closing Section 7. Another stirring CRESCENDO. 8. Joyous idea (still in E-FLAT MAJOR) propels to end of EXPOSITION. & b b b ƒ.. b j Entire EXPOSITION repeats from No. 1. DEVELOPMENT 9. Strange twist in 1st THEME announces DEVELOPMENT. 10. Many KEYS visited. Tension builds! 11. RHYTHMIC surprises and SYNCOPATION abound. 12. WINDS and STRINGS engage in IMITATION. 1. Violent DYNAMIC contrasts drive to... RECAPITULATION 1st Theme 14. Two almost UNISON statements. 15. Forward motion of RECAPITULATION is interrupted by an Oboe SOLO.

3 Transition 16. ASCENDING SEQUENCE of 6 steps. 17. TRANSITION ends with 2 CHORDS. 2nd Theme 18. BASSOONS ask a Question (now in C MAJOR) followed by four simple Answers. & b b b? b b b j ƒ Z Z Z & bb b p n n n 19. Another stirring CRESCENDO. Closing Section CODA (Special Ending) 20. Joyous idea (still in C MAJOR) propels to end of RECAPITULATION. 21. Beethoven pushes to a new intense section of unexpected HARMONIES and RESTS (silences) Questions & Answers precede DISSONANCES, SEQUENCES and IMITATIONS. 2. Music drives to another pair of almost UNISON statements of 1st THEME. 24. Strange final ending based on 1st THEME begins (very soft) and erupts into toward final three CHORDS.!!!

4 THEME Part A Movement II Andante con moto FORM: THEME AND VARIATION 1. THEME played by VIOLAS and CELLOS. VIOLINS reinforce.? b b b b n.... n.. n. 2. W oodwinds expand the CADENCE.. STRINGS reply and all nod in consent.. Part B 4. CLARINETS and BASSOONS begin (soft). 5. POW! Suddenly (very loud). 6. Trumpet and TIMPANI take over. & 8 j n. n n n n 7. State of suspended animation. VARIATION 1 Part A 8. Violas and Cellos start the action. VIOLINS again reinforce. 9. WOODWINDS expand the CADENCE. STRINGS reply. All nod.

5 Part B 10. PART B again in soft innocence. 11. Suddenly. 12. Suspended animation again ends with loud outburst. VARIATION 2 Part A 1. VIOLAS and CELLOS begin but hand off to the. Violins? b b b b 14. Music takes a very earnest turn. & b b b b 8 b b 15. STRINGS incessantly repeat an E-FLAT 7th CHORD under the CLARINET Flute? BASSOON OBOE Part B 16. FRENCH HORNS finally signal return of PART B.

6 VARIATION Part A 17. Beethoven teases for a while! 18. WOODWINDS play PART A in MINOR KEY ASCENDING SCALES.? b b b b. J 20. PART A presented, more dramatically than ever before. 21. WOODWINDS expand the CADENCE. STRINGS reply. All nod. CODA 22. B assoon plays against STRING OFFBEATS. OBOE offers its opinion. 2. Sweeping gesture played times. 24. New twist on the extended CADENCE. 25. CLARINETS and BASSOONS begin waving good-bye Just a hint of PART A closes the MOVEMENT.

7 Movement III Andante con moto PART A Theme 1 FORM: TERNARY 1. UNISON QUESTION played by Cellos and String Bass receives HARMONIZED ANSWER.? b b b 4 π #. & b b b 4 π n.. poco rit. U Question & Answer repeated with slight changes. Theme 2 2. French Horns play martial THEME 2 (very loud). & bb b. Œ Œ n Œ Œ. Œ Œ Œ Œ. Œ Œ. Œ Œ Theme 1. THEME 1 returns. Question gets longer. Answer is missing. Theme 2 Theme 1 4. THEME 2 comes charging back. 5. THEME 1 returns. Answer now disproportionately long. Theme 2 6. Brief sighting of THEME 2 contrasts with (soft).

8 PART B 1st Section 7. DOUBLE BASSES and CELLOS play fast to start FUGATO!? n n n. ΠΠThis section occurs 2 times. 2nd Section 8. After humorous false start FUGATO beings anew. 9. SECOND SECTION repeats with changes, ending up UNISON and. PART A 10. This music is like No Comical parody ensues. THEMES 1 and 2 are both fair game. 12. PIZZICATO (plucked) STRINGS and BASSOON have funny exchange. TRANSITION to MOVEMENT IV 1. PEDAL POINT (a sustained PITCH) on A changes to G. TIMPANI clings to home KEY of C. DOMINANT 7th CHORD emerges. Music proceeds to MOVEMENT IV without pause.

9 Movement IV Allegro EXPOSITION 1st Theme FORM: SONATA ALLEGRO 1. Long 1st THEME in several parts. & c. Œ. Œ Œ Œ J J J J J ƒ & J & Transition 2. Concludes in UNISON DESCENDING SEQUENCE. &... S S.... S S.. S S S. TRANSITION THEME first played by French Horns and changes KEY. &.... w w w 2nd Theme 4. Playful 2nd THEME poses (loud) Question and receives humorous (soft) Answer. & n.. #. #. Dynamic rapidly changes from very soft to very loud.

10 CLOSING SECTION 5. CLOSING THEME first played by a few instruments and then by full orchestra. &?. Ó # # Í. n # n b #. Ó # # Í. n # n b # Entire EXPOSITION now repeats from No. 1 DEVELOPMENT 6. Begins by developing the 2nd THEME. Many KEYS visited. & # # # #. 7. HARMONIZATION of 2nd THEME takes on life of its own.? b ƒ b bw 8. VIOLINS take up this idea. ASCENDING SEQUENCE ensues. 9. PEDAL POINT (a sustained PITCH) upderpins excitement. 10. Four CHORDS and 6 repeated PITCHES usher in a look backward at MOVEMENT III.

11 RECAPITULATION 11. 1st THEME comes roaring back.. & Œ. Œ ƒ Œ Œ J. 12. Concludes again in UNISON DESCENDING SEQUENCE. Transition 1. WINDS begin TRANSITION THEME then taken over by. Violins 2nd Theme Closing Section 14. 2nd THEME again touts playful Questions & Answers. 15. CLOSING THEME again undergoes powerful transformation. CODA (Special Ending) 16. Beethoven can t resist briefly redeveloping 2nd THEME. n. & S.. S # CHORDS present first abortive ending.. S 18. MOVEMENT IV sounds like it s finally beginning beginning to end. High notes of PICCOLO sparkle!? f Violins take up this new idea. w

12 20. Something is clearly afoot! 21. CODA continues with DIMINUTION (shrunken) version of THEME Closing 8 times. 22. DIMINUTION version of 1st THEME takes off. Another opportunity to end MOVEMENT goes by...and a rd! 2. CHORDS and RESTS (silences) abound.!!!!!!!! Listening Guide by George Marriner Maull. All rights reserved. Discover Beethoven s 5th 2010 The Discovery Orchestra A Large Print version of the Listening Guide, as well as the Listening Guide answers, are available to download at

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