• What is Beethoven’s music about

• What does it mean?

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, c. 1800

• Fourth largest city in North America

• Wealthiest– Per capita wealth 6 to 8 times that of NY,

Philadelphia and Boston– 9 of 10 wealthiest men in country lived there

• Rice – and slavery

Wealthy

• Strong British flavor• Emulated British gentry• Subscription societies• St. Cecilia Society

– Founded 1766

• April 10, 1805– St. Cecilia Society Concert– “Grand Overture” by Beethoven

• Opens Concert

• April 2, 1806– “Grand Overture” by Beethoven

• Opens concert

– “Finale” by Beethoven• Closes concert

Anthony Philip Heinrich

• Austrian merchant turned musician

• November 12, 1817, Lexington, KY– Concert– Beethoven, “Sinfonia

con menuetto,” “with full band”

Classical Symphony

• Usually four movements

• Pattern of movement– Fast– Slow– Dance– Fast

Understanding Tonality

• Tonality– Key– Tonic– Dominant– Modulation

• Harmony• Chord

– Triad

• Consonance• Dissonance

Sonata Form – Thematic Aspect

||:Exposition :|| Development Recapitulation

I Group One-------------------------------V or Group TwoIII

XMaterial from exposition

I Group One-------------------------------I Group Two

Sonata form Tonal Aspect

||:Exposition :|| Development Recapitulation

I Group One-------------------------------V or Group TwoIII

XMaterial from exposition

I Group One-------------------------------I Group Two

||: a :||: b (a) :||I -- V X -- I

Symphony 1

• First, second and fourth movements– Sonata form

• Third movement – Menuet and Trio– Ternary form