Questions tagged [beethoven]
For questions about the composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Do not use if you are just referencing his works.
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Did Beethoven ever meet Mozart?
I hear different stories about the different musical intellects of Mozart and Beethoven in their different musical periods. Did they ever meet? What did Beethoven think of Mozart's ideology and ...
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Did Rimsky-Korsaskov really quote Beethoven?
It is well-known that "Russian Five" (Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov) sought to compose purely Russian music and worked to avoid sounding "Western." I ...
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Bar 48: A3+B4 and B3+A4 - ODE TO JOY Symphony no. 9, opus 125 Extract from a piano transcription by Franz Liszt
In Bar 48 of the fourth movement - "Ode to Joy", Symphony no. 9, opus 125, in this extract from the piano transcription by Franz Liszt, there are three counterpoint melodies, marked in the ...
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Ties in Beethoven's Symphony 7 [duplicate]
I was looking at the start of the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Symphony 7 and the notes identified with a tie in the treble clef are played how I would imagine, they extend the length of the note. ...
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Beethoven and parallel minor keys
I read somewhere recently that Beethoven considered the minor and major keys to be "one and the same"
The quote i reference was not referring to the relative minor (ie. Am in key of C), but ...
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Tempo for Rezitativ
What is the tempo for Rezitativ?
I found that: Rezitativ by Johann Sebastian Bach is played at 70 Beats Per Minute (Adagio), or 14 Measures/Bars Per Minute. Time Signature 5/4.
After the Presto (...
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What are these diagonal dashes in the Schnabel Ed. Beethoven Sonatas?
I'm working on Beethoven Sonata No. 1 and have noticed these diagonal dashes in the left hand in movement 2 (see bar 3).
I assume these are editorial markings as I am seeing them in other sonatas in ...
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Is the Violin Sonata No. 9 a particularly difficult Beethoven violin part to play? If so, what is it that makes it particularly challenging?
In The Daily Show's April 14, 2022 video CP Time: The History of Black Classical Music comedian (among other titles) Roy Wood Jr. mentions George Bridgetower:
George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (11 ...
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Why is the second movement to Beethoven's 9th notated in fast 3/4, rather than in 3/8?
Looking at the score for Beethoven's 9th symphony, it surprises me how the second movement is written in a breakneck 3/4 at 116 dotted half notes per minute.
Why did Beethoven opt for this 3/4, rather ...
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Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement bar 20-23 left-hand technique
My question is what technique should I focus on. In bar 20, I am using the tremolo, but in the passage of the chord there are 2 doubts: do I need to keep finger 1 pressed D # while I bring the other ...
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Writing error in Beethoven's autograph of "moonlight" sonata?
In Beethoven's op. 27/2 in the autograph, bar 20, in the left hand on musical beat 1, the lower tone seems to be d sharp ("dis").
https://www.beethoven.de/en/media/view/6442239777570816/scan/...
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What is the purpose of the first movement in Moonlight Sonata?
As someone inexperienced in formal music theory, I wonder what the purpose of the first movement of Moonlight Sonata is. Whenever I listen to Moonlight Sonata, I feel like skipping directly past the ...
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Spurious note in "Für Elise" (D in measure 76)?
Back in the olden days, when I walked to school barefoot in the snow uphill both ways, I learned "Für Elise" out of Suzuki Piano School Volume 5. In m. 76 (third measure in the below image), ...
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3: Last notes played by piano or not?
I have a (probably pretty amateur) question regarding the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, more precisely the last notes of the third movement. I've listened to different recordings of this piece and ...
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Did Beethoven "invent" ragtime with Piano Sonata No 32 Op 111?
I had an interesting question. It is common knowledge that ragtime came about as a genre with Scott Joplin. However, I am curious if anyone has any information about Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 in ...
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