beethoven · moonlight sonata op. 27, no. 2 presto agitato is the last movement of moonlight sonata...
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Ludwig Van
Beethoven
By Warisara Bunluesak(Fon) &
Suphamas Cheewachutirungruang(Ju) 1209
❖ Birthdate : December 16, 1770
❖ Birthplace :
Bonn, Germany
Biography
❖ Date of death : Vienna, Austria, on
March 26, 1827
❖ Period of Music : Between the
Classical and Romantic eras.
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❖ His music influences :
Mozart & Joseph Haydn ❖ Type of music he wrote :
Symphonies, Opera, Concertos,
Piano and Violin sonatas, and
several overtures
Instruments that
he played
Piano
Violin
Organ
When did
he begin
studying or
composing?
Beethoven was the introduced to music by his
father, Johann van Beethoven, who is a
musician. He taught beethoven to play piano
and violin around age 5.
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➤ On March 26, 1778 , he had performed his 1st public
performance at Cologne.
➤ Later, he studied under Christian Gottlob
Neefe. By his help, Beethoven published his
first composition at the age of 12. His first
piece was 9 Variations in C Minor for piano.
He began his career when he was 14 as an assistant organist.
By 1787, Beethoven was sent to Vienna to study with Mozart
but only for two weeks.
In 1792, he He moved to Vienna and study
with Joseph Haydn, famous composer.
By his music talent, three years later, he made his public debut
with his first piano concerto.
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When did
he begin
studying or
composing?
Facts
He often put his head in cold water before
composing. 2.He would only teach music to people who
really had talent or were beautiful girls.
He was a heavy drinker which made him
once arrested as a vagrant.
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3. 4. He has 7 siblings but only 3, including
him survive till adult.
Beethoven had never been married since he always fell in love
with women who are unobtainable.5.
Five
Pieces
Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 in C-sharp minor)
- Period of music : Romantic
- Style : Romantic
- Duration : 15 minutes
- 3 Movements
- Adagio sostenuto, Allegreto, and Presto agitato
- Year of composition : 1801
- Instrument used : Piano
- First publication : 1802
- He dedicated it to his 17 years old student, whom he had a passion for but couldn’t
married due to the caste.
Symphony No. 5 (Op.67, C minor)
- Period of music : Classical
- Theme : The sound of fate is knocking on the door.
- Style : Classical
- Duration : 33 minutes
- 4 Movements
- Allegro con brio (C minor), Andante con moto (A♭ major),
Scherzo: Allegro (C minor), Allegro (C major)
- Year of composition : 1804-1808
- Instrument used : Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Timpani,
String, and Tacet.
- First publication : 1808- First performance : 22 December 1808
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral Symphony, Op.68, F major)
- Period of music : Classical
- Theme : Represent the beautiful of nature in countryside
- Style : Classical
- Duration : 42 minutes
- 5 Movements
- Allegro ma non troppo (F major), Andante molto mosso (B♭ major)
Allegro (F major,) Allegro (F minor), Allegretto (F major)
- Year of composition : 1802-1808
- Instrument used : Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, trombone,
Timpani, and Strings.
- First publication : 1808
- First performance : 22 December 1808
Symphony No. 9 - Ode to Joy (Op.125, D major)
- Period of music : Classical and Romantic
- Style : Classical
- Duration : More than 1 hours
- 4 Movements
- Year of composition : 1818-1824
- Instrument used : Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani,
Crash cymbals, Triangle, Bass drum, and String
- First publication : 1824
- First performance : 7 May 1824
Piano Concerto No. 5
- Period of music : Classical
- Style : Romantic
- Duration : 37 minutes
- 3 Movements
- Allegro (E♭ major), Adagio un poco mosso (B major), Rondo: Allegro (E♭ major)
- Year of composition : 1809-1810
- Instrument used : Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, and
String
- First publication : 1811
- First performance : 13 January 1811
(Op.73, Emperor Concerto, E-Flat major)
Name of the
Compositions
Period of
HistoryStyle Instruments Used Movements
Moonlight
SonataRomantic Romantic Piano 3 Movements
Symphony No. 5 Classical Classical
Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,
Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, String, and
Tacet
4 Movements
Symphony No. 6 Classical Classical
Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet,
Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, trombone,
Timpani, and Strings
5 Movements
Compare & Contrast
Name of the
Compositions
Period of
HistoryStyle Instruments Used Movements
Symphony No. 9
(Ode to Joy)
Classical
and
Romantic
Classical
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn,
Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, Crash
cymbals, Triangle, Bass drum, and
String
4 Movements
Piano Concerto
No. 5Classical Romantic
Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,
Horn, Trumpet, Timpani, and String3 Movements
Compare & Contrast
Moonlight Sonata Op. 27, No. 2
Presto agitato is the last movement of Moonlight Sonata which we chose to listen to. This movement is
thoroughly different from other two movement of the piece in the way that transition of every note was played
with a rapidly and powerful sound. It begins with a fast and strong accent of piano note. Notes are emphasis
which result in making the sound and dynamic become loudest and heaviest. This created a distinction from the
first two movement that play more softly and slowly. Gradually loud and powerful accent of note is techniques
that Beethoven used a lot in this piece. The combination of high and low notes affect in grabbing listeners
attentiveness. At the very end of the composition, the piano seemed to be softer and slower which like it is
going to end but suddenly it was rapidly played again with a loud dynamic which was compared as Beethoven
feelings of angry and pained that never comes to recover at that time.
The third movement of the piece is our favourite because of the feelings that we receive while listening
to it. We feel like he is telling his sufferings of his own story even though there is no lyrics. The complexity of
emotion is expressed through every note. The feeling of storm and thunder came to us immediately when we
first heard it. The waving of notes made us feel his anxiousness, tense and temperamental explosion.
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