Beethoven Symphony 1 C Major Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiCBd-MtAk
eLudwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major (Op. 21) was written in 1799--1800. The symphony premiered April 2, 1800 at the K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg in Vienna, and is dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Leipzig.

The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in C and D (see note below), 2 bassoons, 2 horns in C and F, 2 trumpets in C, timpani and strings.

The symphony is clearly indebted to Beethoven's predecessors, particularly his teacher Haydn, but nonetheless has characteristics that clearly mark it as Beethoven's work, notably the frequent use of sforzandi and the prominent use of wind instruments. Sketches for the finale are found among the exercises Beethoven wrote while studying counterpoint under Albrechtsberger in the spring of 1795.

The clarinet parts are commonly played on B♭ clarinet, as C and D clarinets are no longer widely used. However, there is some controversy over whether they should be played on E♭ instruments instead. The E♭ clarinet's timbre is much closer to that of the C and D clarinets than that of the warmer-sounding B♭ clarinet.

There are four movements: 1. Adagio molto—Allegro con brio
2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
4. Adagio—Allegro molto e vivace

Its duration is about twenty-eight minutes.

The twelve-bar introduction of the first movement is often considered a musical joke, but it may simply be a result of Beethoven's experimentation: it consists of a sequence of dominant-tonic chord sequences in the wrong key, so that the listener only gradually realizes the real key of the symphony. There is a shortened recapitulation before the coda which closes the first movement. The andante (in F Major, the subdominant) of the second movement is played considerably faster than the general concept of that tempo, at what could be thought of as moderato. The third movement is remarkable because, although it is marked Menuetto, it is so fast that it is ostensibly a scherzo. The finale opens with another possible joke, consisting of partial scales played slowly bfore the full C-major scale marks the real start of the allegro.

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[Leitilumo]

Very "Mozarty", but I hear Beethoven, nonetheless. :)

[elias12186]

@Leitilumo you mean 'Haydnesque'

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I have played this before. It was so much fun

This is my favorite movement from Beethoven's Symphony no.1

[OrangeSodaKing]

One of the many great composers, you mean?

[MattiusCN]

Who performed this?

[rocknroll112]

@rocknroll112 of them **

[rocknroll112]

@Leitilumo its classic music and mozart lived in that time too so its sound the same but each one of the express it differently

[thesaxsoloist]

I'm not sure why, but that 1 6/4 chord at 0:52 is one of my favorite moments in all of symphonic literature.

[beerbrain420]

Beethoven's First is a PERKY symphony. It isn't quite yet what Ludwig would ultimately be renowned for; but it is still a most BEAUTIFUL symphony and is rightly regarded as a masterpiece. Early on, there is still a lot of Haydn (his mentor) and a bit of Mozart, but at the end of this first movement you begin to get a glorious glimpse of the Beethoven that was to come, fully realized in his epic Symphony No. 3 (Eroica). But this symphony is a JEWEL and the pop music of its day.

[PROXTHAMES]

@Insanelycoolprincess

Agree 100%, and I add may be one of the bests in all Beethoven´s symphonys

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[bancifaill]

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