beethoven's 7th symphony

Beethoven’s 7th Symphony First, a little history on why this piece is different than Beethoven’s other Symphonies. After Beethoven's marathon concert of December 1808, which included the first performances of his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the city of Vienna was not to hear a new Beethoven symphony for some five years. The long awaited Seventh was completed about May of 1812. The Seventh can be seen as Beethoven's atypical use of the wind instruments as …

…as the first, in the realm of harmonic growth and thickness of the chords. The second movement is a sweet, yet gloomy, movement. It begins with the lower voices playing somberly. After each set of phrases, a higher registered instrumental section enters. Though the piece seems to get happier, there is still the underlying deepness of the lower instruments. The movement gradually bui! lds and unbuilds to make way for the Presto movement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**