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The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of Western classical music and one of the supreme achievements in the history of music.
- First Movement
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
- Fourth Movement
Allegro ma non troppo, un pocomaestoso. Duration approx. 15 mins. The first movement is insonata form, and the mood is often stormy. The opening theme, playedpianissimoover string tremolos, so much resembles the sound of an orchestra tuning, many commentators have suggested that was Beethoven’s inspiration—but from within that musical limbo emerges...
Scherzo: Molto vivace – Presto. Duration approx. 12 mins. The second movement, ascherzo and trio, is also in D minor, with the introduction bearing a passing resemblance to the opening theme of the first movement, a pattern also found in theHammerklavierpiano sonata, written a few years earlier. At times during the piece, Beethoven specifies one do...
Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante Moderato – Tempo Primo – Andante Moderato – Adagio – Lo Stesso Tempo. Duration approx. 16 mins. The lyrical slow movement, in B-flat major, is in a loosevariationform, with each pair of variations progressively elaborating the rhythm and melody. The first variation, like the theme, is in 4/4 time, the second in 12...
Presto; Allegro molto assai (Alla marcia); Andante maestoso; Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato. Duration approx. 24 mins. The famous choral finale is Beethoven’s musical representation of Universal Brotherhood. American pianist and music scholarCharles Rosenhas characterized it as a symphony within a symphony, played without interruption.This “i...
Beethoven completed his Ninth and last symphony, aka “Choral” symphony (in D minor Op. 125), in 1824, two years after he started it. The work is considered the first to incorporate human voice into the symphony form, with four soloists and a chorus to form its Finale, of which the text is mainly based on the poem “Ode to Joy” by ...
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Beethoven’s Ninth and final Symphony (“Choral”) represents, on a number of levels, a summit of the immortal composer’s artistic life. The Ninth is by far the most epic of Beethoven’s Symphonies, both in terms of length and performing forces. The revolutionary introduction of vocal soloists and chorus in the finale was a bold ...
Feb 5, 2021 · Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, "Choral" (1824) Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony stands as the culmination of Beethoven’s twenty-four-year career as a composer of symphonies. The Ninth both sums up Beethoven’s artistic career and, with the choral finale, daringly points the way forward to new conceptions of what a symphony could say and be.
Symphony No. 9 is the only symphony in which he used four horns rather than the more traditional two in symphonic works, but his Middle-period overtures and other directly dramatic works generally had four, and of course, the Eroica Symphony used three horns to enhance its heroic character, particularly in the horn calls of the third movement’s trio.
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Beethoven scholars provide evidence that the gestation period of the D minor Symphony was a long one, dating back at least to 1799. Notes in the composer’s sketchbooks refer to the poem “Ode to Joy” by the German poet and dramatist Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805). In 1817 the newly-inaugurated Philharmonic Society of London invited ...
