1. Rome was not built in a day, as we say, and neither was the Fifth Symphony! Beethoven made his first notes in his famous sketchbook around 1803-1804. The initial ideas about the opening, the primal four-note motif, were not very impressive. He had to develop it further. He had started to focus more on this composition from 1807 and …
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is unique and remarkable. Ever since its birth audiences are keen to solve the mystery, find the answer, point a finger to a meaning. Not possible! What is special about it? Everything! Let us look at some of the most important aspects that make this work so outstanding! 1. Drama Beethoven put to paper his first ideas …
How Morse code, the letter V and the opening four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony saved the world in World War II? Read on to find out! The Morse code In the 19th-century news and information still travelled slowly. There was desperate need for faster communication! Three Americans, Samuel F. B. Morse, Joseph Henry, and Alfred Vail, a painter, a …
For Socrates music is very important, but not for pleasure, rather a utility to educate. In this article we cover his life and his thoughts on music. Who was Socrates? Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens, regarded as the founder of Western-philosophy, and among the firsts in moral philosophy. Socrates was born next to Athens, in Alopece, in 470 …
The popular name for Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is the Symphony of Fate or Fate Symphony (in original German Schicksals-Sinfonie). The full and original name of Beethoven’s Fifth is Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. He started making the first notes of his musical ideas for this symphony in 1804, right after the Eroica Symphony (his Third). The progress …
One day Beethoven was mistaken for a beggar tramp and thrown into jail. How all this happened? This anecdote was told by a certain Höfel, who was a professor in Wiener Neustadt. The story takes place in 1821, late summer or early autumn. One evening he was sitting in the garden of the tavern called Zum Schleifen, with colleagues, friends …