• How Did Beethoven Set Himself Apart From Other Musicians When He Arrived In Vienna?
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1. What do each of the four movements of Eroica represent? Does the music in the four movements represent these meanings?
Beethoven’s Erocia has four movements and they each represent something very different. The first movement is about life, youth, hope, joy, frustrations, anger, confusion, celebration, and above all energy. The second movement concerns death, with all its public and personal implications. This movement answers what had died, was it hope, innocence, or all of the above. The third movement answers the question: how can we go on after this? The answer would be that it takes up the future and joy of creativity. Lastly, the fourth movement is a shameless showoff piece and was a kind of musical decathlon based on an absolutely inconsequential bit of music fluff. The theme was overwhelming and amazing on every level. Also, just before Beethoven is done he gives us a glimpse of paradise, a deep felt, sorrowful confession of whom he really is.
2.…show more content… How did Beethoven set himself apart from other musicians when he arrived in Vienna?
Beethoven would improvise on themes of his own or his rival’s works. His improvisations lasted an hour and were entire landscapes of emotional extremes. They were tragic, stormy, lyrical and wildly exhilarating. When Beethoven heard that Daniel Steibelt was coming to Vienna it angered him and he had to be better. Steibelt was performing and Beethoven walked over, stole the music sheet and played it upside down. Where most composers reach a certain level of musical maturity, Beethoven continued to ascent throughout his life.
3. How did Beethoven use the tremolo effect in his