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Tutorial6Week7TheacknowledgedperiodizationmodelstatesthatBeethovensoutputovertheyearscanbesplitintothreedistinctperiodsoftime.Eachperiodcontainsverydifferentdevelopmentsandinnovationinmusicalcompositionandstyle.Beethovensheroicormiddleperiodspansroughlyfrom18021812andischaracterizedbyelementssuchasasenseofajourneyorstruggle,dramaticemotion,granderproportions,contrast,elementsofthesublimeandsignificantdevelopmentmelodicallyandharmonically.BeethovensStringQuartetinEflat,op.74TheHarpwrittenduring1809,portraysthepossibilityofbeingapartofanelusivefacetinthelatterhalfoftheheroicperiodwhichuseslyricismtodisplayheroictraits.TheworkalsoforeshadowsatdevelopmentstocomeinBeethovenslateperiod.TheHarpQuartetisuniqueinthatitdoesntdisplaythetypicalextrovertqualitiesofBeethovensheroicperiodbutinsteadshowsBeethovenusinglyricismtoportrayqualitiesofresistanceandstruggle.ThisispartlyduetothehistoricalbackgroundofthetimewiththetraumaofthewarinfluencingBeethovenandforcinghimtoretreatawayfromoutsidedisturbances.Outwardlytheworkappearselegantandrelativelysimplehowevertherearemanyinnovativeusesofrhythmandoriginaluseofmusicaltechniquethatbooststhisworktothecomplexityofaworkwrittenintheheroicperiod.TheworkopenswithaslowsectionPocoAdagiothatseekstoportrayamoodofcalmwhileBeethoveninjectscertainsurpriseshereandtherethroughasuddenfortechordaswellassomechromaticismthatbuildsacertaintensionleadingintotheAllegrosection.ThequalitiesattachedtothenamesaketheHarpisachievedthroughBeethovensfirsteveruseofextendedpizzicatoinastringquartetwheretheinstrumentpartsmeldtosoundasoneinstrument.LateronintheworkBeethovenincreasesthecomplexityofthepizzicatosectionswithabuildupofrhythmswhichcreateafeelingofincreasedpaceandurgency.Thiseffectivelydoescreatetheheroicqualityofleadingajourneytotheendandportraysanindividualityinthisfirstmovement.ItwouldnotbeentirelypracticaltosingleoutaminiperiodafterBeethovensheroicperiodandattempttoplacetheHarpQuartetasbeingaftertheheroicperiod.IfBeethovensmiddleperiodweretobeseeninamuchbroadersenseunderthehistoricalbackdropofwarandunrestthenitwouldmakesenseforBeethovensmusictoshiftbetweencertainqualitiesofextroverteddramaandpassionatestruggleaswellasthenolesspowerfullyrical,inwardstrugglesofmanandtheoutsideworld.