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What is Beethoven’s music about What does it mean?. Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston, c. 1800. Fourth largest city in North America Wealthiest Per capita wealth 6 to 8 times that of NY, Philadelphia and Boston 9 of 10 wealthiest men in country lived there Rice – and slavery. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• What is Beethoven’s music about
• What does it mean?
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, c. 1800
• Fourth largest city in North America
• Wealthiest– Per capita wealth 6 to 8 times that of NY,
Philadelphia and Boston– 9 of 10 wealthiest men in country lived there
• Rice – and slavery
Wealthy
• Strong British flavor• Emulated British gentry• Subscription societies• St. Cecilia Society
– Founded 1766
• April 10, 1805– St. Cecilia Society Concert– “Grand Overture” by Beethoven
• Opens Concert
• April 2, 1806– “Grand Overture” by Beethoven
• Opens concert
– “Finale” by Beethoven• Closes concert
Anthony Philip Heinrich
• Austrian merchant turned musician
• November 12, 1817, Lexington, KY– Concert– Beethoven, “Sinfonia
con menuetto,” “with full band”
Classical Symphony
• Usually four movements
• Pattern of movement– Fast– Slow– Dance– Fast
Understanding Tonality
• Tonality– Key– Tonic– Dominant– Modulation
• Harmony• Chord
– Triad
• Consonance• Dissonance
Sonata Form – Thematic Aspect
||:Exposition :|| Development Recapitulation
I Group One-------------------------------V or Group TwoIII
XMaterial from exposition
I Group One-------------------------------I Group Two
Sonata form Tonal Aspect
||:Exposition :|| Development Recapitulation
I Group One-------------------------------V or Group TwoIII
XMaterial from exposition
I Group One-------------------------------I Group Two
||: a :||: b (a) :||I -- V X -- I
Symphony 1
• First, second and fourth movements– Sonata form
• Third movement – Menuet and Trio– Ternary form