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    Beethoven Symphony No. 9

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    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) completed his masterpiece‚ Symphony No. 9 in D minor‚ Op. 125 in 1824. During nineteenth century‚ Beethoven’s Ninth was an icon of symphonic genre universally. In 1840‚ a talented genius‚ German composer‚ Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 52‚ “Lobgesang” After its premiere‚ this work performed continuously and enjoyed by audience with success. However‚ Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang received criticism: that his work lacked “inner necessity”

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    Beethoven compositional innovations Beethoven compositional innovations all of which we will observe in his symphony no.5 are arrayed around a single Centro Beethovenian article of faith the music is that its essence a form itself expression. Beethoven attitude might have appeared too many of his contemporaries with the hindsight of the history can see at the time was right for the development of such an entirely egocentric attitude towards music‚ combine in equal parts one the enlightenment emphasis

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    At the age of 39‚ Beethoven’s hearing condition worsened. He lead a series of disastrous recitals. People weren’t pleased wight he different type of music he was playing and his “family” of noblemen advised him to go back to the traditional way of playing music. 1814 came‚ Beethoven was 44‚ and he created a masterpiece Opera that everybody raged over. The name of the Opera was Fidelio; it was his only Opera. It was so popular it was known for the newly free Europe who had just been saved by the

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    portraits of Beethoven; you can realize that he probably wasn’t the easiest of people to be with. Impressive‚ certainly; exciting‚ perhaps; but rarely cosy and good-natured. This might be the common impression about this talented composer. Ladies and gentlemen‚ in my today’s speech I’m going to inform you about Beethoven’s individualism with two parts. 1. How individualism spirit helps him to success 2. A controversial individualist /we can say his arrogant. Beethoven is usually seen

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    Beethoven Symphony No. 9

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    Beethoven’s Symphony No.9‚ Op.125‚ D minor “Choral” was completed in 1842 and premiered on Friday‚ May 7‚ 1824. Beethoven was already completely deaf at that time. His symphony No.9 is his final symphony and one of his greatest masterpieces. This symphony is seventy-four minutes long and consists of four movements. The first movement‚ Allegro ma non troppo‚ un poco maestoso‚ is in sonata form with a stormy mood. The opening theme which sounds like an orchestra tuning‚ is played softly over the

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    Beethoven Sonata No. 27

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    December 17‚ 2012 Music Theory III Music Theory III Final Paper Beethoven Sonata No. 27 (e minor) This piece is highly unusual for Beethoven Sonatas. One‚ although it was written at the start of his late period‚ this sonata had only two movements‚ the first being extremely short. Secondly‚ this was the first that Beethoven started writing his tempo markings in German‚ as though implying that this Sonata was more personal. Beethoven has also remarked on this piece that he considered titling it either

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    “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives‚ thinks and invents.” Ludwig Van Beethoven stated about‚ not only his calling in life‚ but what his entire life was devoted to. Beethoven is undoubtedly considered one of‚ if not the best‚ composer of all time. His music not only was a marvel in itself‚ but towards the end of his life‚ he composed some of his most well known music completely deaf‚ and that gives his music a whole new

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    Kurfürstliches Schloss (Electoral Prince ’s Castle) in Bonn‚ where the Beethoven family had been active since the 1730s House of birth‚ Bonn‚ Bonngasse Beethoven ’s parents were Johann van Beethoven (1740 in Bonn–1792) and Maria Magdalena Keverich (1744 in Ehrenbreitstein–1787). Magdalena ’s father Johann Heinrich Keverich had been Chef at the court of the Archbishopric of Trier at Festung Ehrenbreitstein fortress opposite to Koblenz.[2] Beethoven was‚ like their first child Ludwig Maria‚ named after his

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    his favorites‚ “Adagietto” from Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony‚ and Benjamin Britten’s “Ballad of Heroes”. The piece from Gustav Mahler was very dynamic and only included a timbre of string instruments that were well blended. The piece included very long drawn out notes that made it “a bittersweet song of love and longing dedicated to the composer’s wife‚ it’s emotionally affecting music in any event” according to James Mcquillen of the Oregonian. The second piece from Britten was more dissonant

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    Lead and the Environment

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    Lead and The Environment Some materials are so commonplace that we take them for granted. One of those materials is a grayish metal that has been with us for thousands of years. That metal is lead‚ still one of the world’s most useful substances‚ and one that never ceases to find a role in human society. Lead has the atomic symbol of Pb (for plumbum‚ lead in Latin). The atomic number for lead is 82 and the atomic mass is 207.19 AMU. It melts at about 327.502 oC and boils at 1740 oC. Lead

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