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70-590: One of Beethoven's most celebrated works, the Eroica symphony is a large-scale composition that marked the beginning of the composer's innovative "middle period". Composed mainly in 1803–1804, the work broke boundaries in symphonic form, length, harmony, emotional and cultural content. It is widely considered a landmark in the transition between the Classical and the Romantic era. It is also often considered to be

140-399: A chromatic note (C ♯ ) is introduced, thus introducing the harmonic tension of the work. The melody is finished by the first violins , with a syncopated series of Gs (which forms a tritone with C ♯ of the cellos and a diminished chord). This resolves to the dominant of the relative minor (G/C minor) before a short cadential codetta in E ♭ major. The first theme

210-431: A funeral march, proper. The movement is between 14 and 18 minutes long. The opening A-section in C minor begins with the march theme in the strings, then in the winds. A second theme (m. 17) in the relative major (E ♭ ) quickly returns to minor tonality, and these materials are developed throughout the rest of the section. This eventually gives way to a brief B-section in C major (m. 69) "for what may be called

280-644: A large number of pieces which provided a foundation for the new era of Romanticism. Characterized by lyrical melodies, chromaticism and dissonance , and dramatic dynamics, the Romantic era evoked emotions assembled by sovereign story lines and nationalist marches reflecting change. New musical vocabulary began to further develop using terms like " dolce " or "dolente", in addition to enriched harmonic and rhythmic language. Orchestral forms like symphonic poem, choral symphony, and works for solo voice and orchestra, began to draw other art forms closer. Romantic music

350-407: A larger scale in the development sections of some of his major works. The bass line traces a decisive progression through a rising chromatic scale : To quote Rosen again, writing à propos of this movement: "As Beethoven's contemporary, the painter John Constable , said, making something out of nothing is the true work of the artist." Not all development takes place in what is commonly known as

420-406: A light and simple I/ii/V7/I cadence with a quirky motif repeated four times." These opening eight bars provide all the material Beethoven needs to furnish his development, which takes place in bars 33-48: The falling octave in the first two bars and the repeated staccato chord in the left hand in bars 5-8 are the two fragments that Beethoven later develops: The somewhat bald falling octave idea in

490-414: A reviewer just two years later described the Eroica simply as "the greatest, most original, most artistic and, at the same time, most interesting of all symphonies". The finale in particular came in for criticism that it did not live up to the promise of the earlier movements. An early reviewer found that "[t]he finale has much value, which I am far from denying it; however, it cannot very well escape from

560-475: A turn towards the mystical, new attention to national identity, interest in the autobiographical, and a general discontentment with musical formulas and conventions exercised in Classical compositions. Conductors became the central figures in orchestral performances, responsible for the sonic flow of larger pieces. The Sturm und Drang or "storm and drive" was a proto-Romantic movement that helped establish

630-541: A two-page movement plan in E ♭ major that directly follows the sketches for the Opus 35 Variations, which has been identified as being intended for the Third Symphony. While the movement plan gives no explicit indication regarding the finale, Lewis Lockwood argues that "there cannot be any doubt that Beethoven intended from the start" to use the same theme (and bass of the theme) that he had just fleshed out in

700-581: A tyrant!" Beethoven went to the table, seized the top of the title-page, tore it in half and threw it on the floor. The page had to be recopied, and it was only now that the symphony received the title Sinfonia eroica . An extant copy of the score bears two scratched-out, hand-written subtitles; initially, the Italian phrase Intitolata Bonaparte ("Titled Bonaparte"), secondly, the German phrase Geschriben auf Bonaparte ("Written for Bonaparte"), four lines below

770-423: Is a funeral march in the ternary form (A–B–A) that is typical of 18th-century funeral marches, albeit one that is "large and amply developed" and in which the principal theme has the functions of a refrain as in rondo form. However, it can also be analyzed as having five parts, a combination of ternary, rondo, and sonata form: Musically, the thematic solemnity of the second movement has lent itself for use as

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840-405: Is a lively scherzo with trio in rapid 4 time. It is between 5 and 6 minutes long. The A theme of the outer scherzo section appears pianissimo in the dominant key of B ♭ (mm. 7, 21), then piano in the secondary dominant key of F which is when the B part of the outer scherzo is heard (m. 41). This is followed by a pianissimo restart in B ♭ (m. 73), which is when

910-422: Is a masterpiece.... The other group utterly denies this work any artistic value ... [t]hrough strange modulations and violent transitions ... with abundant scratchings in the bass, with three horns and so forth, a true if not desirable originality can indeed be gained without much effort. ...The third, very small group stands in the middle; they admit that the symphony contains many beautiful qualities, but admit that

980-439: Is a slightly different means to the same end. Development is carried out upon portions of material treated in many different presentations and combinations at a time, while variation depends upon one type of presentation at a time. The development is the middle section of the sonata form , between the exposition and the recapitulation ; in some older texts, this section may be referred to as free fantasia . According to

1050-492: Is debated as to which is more important in the structure. In the traditional analysis, the three early motifs are transitional subjects to arrive at the "unusually late" lyrical theme. An alternative analysis holds that the second theme begins earlier at m. 45 with the downward motif. In this view, the traditional harmonic progression of the exposition ends at m. 82, with the new lyrical theme at m. 83 beginning an extension. This pattern would be consistent with that found later in

1120-475: Is in sonata form , with typical performances between 12 and 18 minutes long depending on interpretation and whether the exposition repeat is played. Unlike the longer adagio introductions in Beethoven's first two symphonies, the movement opens with two very loud E ♭ major chords, played by the whole orchestra, that establish the tonality of the movement. The conductor Kenneth Woods has noted that

1190-464: Is long, very long; contrived, very contrived; indeed, several of [its] merits lie somewhat hidden. They presuppose a great deal if they are to be discovered and enjoyed, as they must be, in the very moment of their appearance, and not for the first time on paper afterwards." A review of an 1827 performance in London wrote that this particular performance "most properly ended with the funeral march, omitting

1260-459: Is not exhaustive: After a short introduction on the tutti that begins with the mediant chord that transitions to the dominant seventh , the quiet theme, in E-flat major , first appears and then is subjected to a series of ten variations: The symphony ends with a coda, which takes image on all previous sections and variations of the movement. At the end of the coda, there is a "surprise", which

1330-436: Is not yet fully stabilized and entrenched. Here follows a group of three or two subjects: a lyrical downward motif (mm. 45–56) in canon between oboe, clarinet, flute, and violin; a short upward scale motif (mm. 57–64) in strings with a variation; and a section beginning with rapid downward patterns in the violins (mm. 65–82). The third theme of the second group eventually leads to a lyrical theme (m. 83), whose second half of

1400-437: Is then transferred to wind instruments, then fragmented, moving through other keys with the b motif in canon and interchanged with a hemiola in the dominant, later moving between dominant and tonic. The main theme is finally restated with full orchestra in a and b before modulating to F major and the dominant B ♭ in group 2. The modulation to the dominant key of B ♭ appears at mm. 42–44, although it

1470-412: Is when the dynamic changes from pp on the flute, bassoon, and strings only to ff all of a sudden by a huge crash on the whole orchestra, as the tempo abruptly changes to Presto . A flurry of sforzandos appear, and the finale ends triumphantly with three large E-flat major chords on the tutti. Beethoven began composing the third symphony soon after Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 36 and completed

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1540-493: The Oxford Companion to Music there are several ways of developing a theme. These include: The Scherzo movement from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op 28 (the "Pastoral" Sonata) shows a number of these processes at work on a small scale. Charles Rosen (2002) marvels at the simplicity of the musical material: "The opening theme consists of nothing but four F sharps in descending octaves, followed by

1610-454: The Eroica ) for two rehearsals of the work. The fee paid to Beethoven by Prince Lobkowitz would also have secured further private performances of the symphony that summer on his Bohemian estates, Eisenberg (Jezeří) and Raudnitz (Roudnice). The first public performance was on 7 April 1805, at the Theater an der Wien , Vienna ; for which concert the announced ( theoretical ) key for the symphony

1680-399: The classical period of European Art music, which lasted around 1750 to 1820, to Romantic music , which lasted around 1800 to 1910. Classical music was known for its clarity and regularity of structure, or "natural simplicity", thought of as an elegant international musical style with balanced four-bar phrases, clear-cut cadences, repetition, and sequence. Sonata form was the foundation for

1750-438: The "development section" of a work. It can take place at any point in the musical argument. For instance, the “immensely energetic sonata movement” that forms the main body of the overture to Mozart ’s Opera Don Giovanni announces the following theme during the initial exposition. It consists of two contrasting phrases: “first determined, then soft and conspiratorial.” William Mann says “the first, insistent phrase [of

1820-443: The A theme is heard again, leading to a full fortissimo statement in the tonic key of E ♭ (m. 93). Later, a downward arpeggio motif with sforzandos on the second beat is played twice in unison , first by the strings (mm. 115–119) and then by the full orchestra (mm. 123–127). This is followed by a syncopated motif characterized by descending fourths (m. 143), leading to the repeat. The trio section features three horns,

1890-479: The French (14 May 1804), Beethoven's secretary, Ferdinand Ries said that: In writing this symphony, Beethoven had been thinking of Bonaparte, but Bonaparte while he was First Consul . At that time Beethoven had the highest esteem for him, and compared him to the greatest consuls of Ancient Rome . Not only I, but many of Beethoven's closer friends, saw this symphony on his table, beautifully copied in manuscript, with

1960-418: The Italian subtitle. Three months after retracting his initial Napoleonic dedication of the symphony, Beethoven informed his music publisher that "The title of the symphony is really Bonaparte ". In 1806, the score was published under the Italian title Sinfonia Eroica ... composta per festeggiare il sovvenire di un grande Uomo ("Heroic Symphony, Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"). Composed from

2030-505: The Opus 35 Variations. Thus, it is argued that Beethoven's initial conception for a complete symphony in E ♭ – including its first three movements – emerged directly from the Op. 35 Variations. The first movement's main theme (mm. 3–6) has thus been traced back to the bass line theme of the Opus 35 variations (E ♭ , B ♭ ↓, B ♭ ↑, E ♭ ) by way of intermediate versions found in one of Beethoven's sketchbooks. In

2100-458: The Overture (the part commonly known as the "development section") utilizes both phrases of the theme “in new juxtapositions and new tonalities,” developing it through repetition in a modulating sequence . The steady plod of the bass line against the sequential repetitions of the “soft and conspiratorial” phrase outlines a circle of fifths chord progression: Simultaneously, Mozart adds to

2170-577: The Trio of the March", which Beethoven unusually calls attention to by marking "Maggiore" (major) in the score. At this point, the traditional "bounds of ceremonial propriety" would normally indicate a da capo return to the A theme. However, the first theme in C minor (m. 105) begins modulating in the sixth bar (m. 110), leading to a fugue in F minor (m. 114) based on an inversion of the original second theme. The first theme reappears briefly in G minor in

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2240-432: The above] is very important. At once it is taken up imitatively by various departments of the orchestra, and [starting in] A major, jumps through several related keys.” Each repetition of the descending phrase is subtly altered one note at a time, causing the music to pass from the key of A major, through A minor and thence via a chord of G7 to the remote key of C major, and thence back to A major. The central section of

2310-533: The aesthetics of the Romantic era. It contrasted with the simple pieces of the Classical era into obvious and dramatic emotionalism sought by Romantic composers. Composers such as Haydn were fond of having compositional work reflect the turbulent political climate. This led to the creation of the Farewell Symphony No. 45 in F ♯ Minor, containing several characteristics of this transition through long slow adagio and sharp turns to exemplify

2380-452: The autumn of 1803 until the spring of 1804, the earliest rehearsals and performances of the third symphony were private, and took place in the Vienna palace of Beethoven's noble patron, Prince Lobkowitz . An account record dated 9 June 1804, submitted by the prince's Kapellmeister Anton Wranitzky , shows that the prince hired twenty-two extra musicians (including the third horn required for

2450-444: The charge of great bizarrerie." Another agreed that "[t]he finale pleased less, and that "the artist often wanted only to play games with the audience without taking its enjoyment into account simply in order to unloose a strange mood and, at the same time, to let his originality sparkle thereby". An exhaustive review of the work in a leading music journal made an observation that may still be familiar to first-time listeners: "this finale

2520-599: The composition in early 1804. The first public performance of Symphony No. 3 was on 7 April 1805 in Vienna. There is significant evidence that the Eroica , perhaps unlike Beethoven's other symphonies, was constructed back-to-front. The theme used in the fourth movement, including its bass line , originate from the seventh of Beethoven's 12 Contredanses for Orchestra, WoO 14, and also from the Finale to his ballet The Creatures of Prometheus , Op. 43, both of which were composed in

2590-410: The context often seems completely disjointed, and that the endless duration ... exhausts even connoisseurs, becoming unbearable to the mere amateur. To the public the symphony was too difficult, too long ... Beethoven, on the other hand, did not find the applause to be sufficiently outstanding. One reviewer at the premiere wrote that "this new work of B. has great and daring ideas, and ... great power in

2660-436: The demands of wavering opinions and philosophical themes taking place socially. The Industrial Revolution facilitated a dramatic expansion in orchestra size and greater diversity in instruments. The main transition was promoted by improvements to the piano, with cast-iron frames enabling thicker strings and deeper brilliant tones. Likewise, new instruments were created such as the ophicleide , and earlier instruments like

2730-464: The development is based around various thematic explorations and counterpoint , including a new scalar figure in bars 165-173 and a fugato derived from the main theme of the second group (mm. 236-246). The music eventually breaks into a 32-bar passage (mm. 248–279) of sforzando chords including both 2-beat and 3-beat downward patterns, culminating in crashing dissonant forte chords (mm. 276–279). Commenters have stated that this "outburst of rage ... forms

2800-423: The development, in which the climactic moment leads to a new lyrical theme that launches an extended section. Moreover, the downward motif theme (m. 45) is developed significantly in the next section while the lyrical theme (m. 83) does not appear. The early modulation to B ♭ had been present in early drafts of the symphony, as was the indecisive nature of the second group. Commenters have also observed that

2870-418: The exposition. At the end of the development, one horn famously appears to come in early with the main theme in E ♭ (mm. 394–395), while the strings continue playing the dominant chord . In the 19th century, this was thought to be a mistake; some conductors assumed the horn notes were written in the tenor clef (B ♭ –D–B ♭ –F) while others altered the second violin harmony to G (chord of

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2940-722: The famous scratched-out dedication to Napoleon on the cover page, is housed in the library of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. A first published edition (1806) of Beethoven's Eroica is on display at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague. Several modern scholarly editions have appeared in recent decades, including those edited by Jonathan Del Mar (published by Bärenreiter ), Peter Hauschild ( Breitkopf & Härtel ), and Bathia Churgin ( Henle ). Transition from Classical to Romantic music The transition from

3010-426: The first Romantic symphony. Beethoven first conducted a private performance on 9 June 1804, and later the first public performance on 7 April 1805. Symphony No. 3 is scored for: The work is in four movements : Depending upon the conductor's style and observation of the exposition repeat in the first movement, the typical performance time is between 45 and 55 minutes. The first movement, in 4 time ,

3080-474: The first four bars is transformed in bars 33-36 into an elegant shape ending with an upward-curving semitone: In this movement, the repeated left hand chords in bar 5 are displaced so that in bar 33 onwards, they fall on the 2nd and 3rd beats: In bars 33-48, the two fragments combine and the development goes through a modulating sequence that touches on a succession of keys; The following outline demonstrates Beethoven’s strategic planning, which he applied on

3150-577: The first of the romantics through his 600 art songs that were melodic and harmonic. After the transitional period, the virtuoso piano styles of the Romantics Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt were important to consolidating the Romantic movement. Musical development In music, development is a process by which a musical idea is transformed and restated in the course of a composition . Certain central ideas are repeated in different contexts or in altered form so that

3220-405: The first time this had appeared in the symphonic tradition. The scherzo is then repeated in shortened form, except that very notably the second occurrence of the downward unison motif is changed to duple time (mm. 381–384). The movement ends with a coda (m. 423) – with Beethoven marking the word in the score which was unusual for him – that quickly builds from pianissimo to fortissimo, encapsulating

3290-499: The kernel of the whole movement", and Beethoven reportedly got out in his beat when conducting the orchestra in Christmas 1804, forcing the confused players to stop and go back. Rather than leading to the recapitulation at this point, a new theme in E minor is then introduced instead (m. 284), beginning the second section of the development. This eventually leads to a near-doubling of the development's length, in like proportion to

3360-416: The listener can consciously or unconsciously compare the various statements of the idea, often in surprising or ironic manners. This practice has its roots in counterpoint , where a theme or subject might create an impression of a pleasing or affective sort, but delight the mind further as its contrapuntal capabilities are gradually unveiled. Development is often contrasted with musical variation , which

3430-491: The main theme ultimately appears. This again parallels the structure of the Opus 35 variations themselves. Finally, the loud E ♭ chord that begins the Opus 35 variations themselves is moved here to the beginning of the first movement, in the form of the two chords that introduce the first movement. Alternatively, the first movement's resemblance to the overture to the comic opera Bastien und Bastienne (1768), composed by twelve-year-old W. A. Mozart , has been noted. It

3500-400: The opening movement of Eroica has been inspired by and modeled on Mozart's Symphony No. 39 , and shares many attributes of that earlier symphony which precedes this one by a decade and a half. The exposition has three thematic groups with varying interpretations of functionality. The exposition begins with the cellos introducing the first theme . By the fifth bar of the melody ( m. 7),

3570-563: The other parts, which are entirely inconsistent with the avowed design of the composition". The symphony premiered in London on 26 March 1807 at the Covent Garden Theatre and in Boston on 17 April 1810 by the newly founded Boston Philharmonic Society, both performances receiving fairly mixed reviews. The original autograph manuscript does not survive. A copy of the score with Beethoven's handwritten notes and remarks, including

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3640-428: The pattern of the whole movement. The fourth movement is a set of variations on a theme. It lasts between 10 and 14 minutes. The theme was previously used by Beethoven in earlier compositions and arguably forms the basis for the first three movements of the symphony as well (see Thematic Origins below), and the movement can be roughly divided into four parts: While writing, Beethoven found himself having to reconcile

3710-412: The piccolo and English horn were improved, to contribute to the new dream-like interpretation of the past. New public concert halls accommodated the growing size of orchestras. It was during the main transitional period that a distinction between "highbrow" and "lowbrow" compositional works was established, with popular "light music" seen as entertainment and "art music" viewed as serious listening. It

3780-419: The scherzo's main theme (mvt. III, mm. 93–100). Thus, the first three movements can be viewed as symphonic-length "variations" on the Opus 35 theme, ultimately anticipating the theme's appearance in the fourth movement. Moreover, Beethoven's choice to begin the symphony with a theme adapted from the bass line is also paralleled in the fourth movement, in which the bass theme is heard as the first variation before

3850-454: The second movement, the combined tonality (melody and bass) of the Opus 35 theme's first four bars – E ♭ , B ♭ ↓, B ♭ 7(A ♭ )↑, E ♭ – appears in slightly altered form as the funeral's march's second theme (E ♭ , B ♭ ↓, A ♭ ↑, E ♮ ) (mvt. II, mm. 17–20), followed by two sudden forte B ♭ s that echo later elements of the theme. That same tonality then appears unaltered as

3920-529: The sonata form and orchestration transitions would be fully preserved by cutting the third group (m. 83–143). However, others have observed that form and orchestration would also be fully preserved if the second and third subjects of the second group were cut instead (mm. 57–82), consistent with the traditional analysis. The development section (m. 154), like the rest of the movement, is characterized by harmonic and rhythmic tension from dissonant chords and long passages of syncopated rhythm. The first section of

3990-473: The strings (m. 154), followed by a stormy development passage ("a shocking fortissimo plunge"). A full re-statement of the first theme in the original key then begins in the oboe (m. 173). The coda (m. 209) begins with a marching motif in the strings that was earlier heard in the major section (at mm. 78, 100) and eventually ends with a final soft statement of the main theme (m. 238) that "crumbles into short phrases interspersed with silences". The third movement

4060-419: The succession of the variations form with the processional sonata form found in the first movement. Thus, the final movement can be analyzed as a double variation form, with two themes (the bass theme and melody theme) being varied alternately with each other. Fabrizio Della Seta lays out the themes as such in the table: The following table recounts multiple interpretations of the variations, although this list

4130-450: The theme eventually builds to a loud melody (m. 109) that draws upon the earlier downward motif (m. 113). The climactic moment of the exposition arrives when the music is interrupted by six consecutive sforzando hemiola chords (mm. 128–131). Later, and following the concluding chords of the exposition (mm. 144–148), the main theme returns in a brief codetta (m. 148) that transitions into the repeat / development. The status of these groups

4200-402: The third symphony to Napoleon, lest it cost him the composer's fee paid him by a noble patron; so, Beethoven re-dedicated his third symphony to Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz – nonetheless, despite such a bread-and-butter consideration, the politically idealistic Beethoven titled the work "Bonaparte". Later, about the composer's response to Napoleon having proclaimed himself Emperor of

4270-460: The time. The concept of programmatic music was prevalent among transitional pieces such as Ludwig van Beethoven's titles of Eroica , Pastoral, and Pathetique . Giving compositions characteristic names was expanded upon by Romantic composers such as Richard Strauss and became standard. Franz Schubert took part in the Classical to Romantic transition by being considered the last of the classical composers in his earlier instrumental pieces, and

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4340-441: The tonic), an error that eventually appeared in an early printed version. However, Beethoven's secretary, Ferdinand Ries , shared this anecdote about that horn entrance: The first rehearsal of the symphony was terrible, but the hornist did, in fact, come in on cue. I was standing next to Beethoven and, believing that he had made a wrong entrance, I said, "That damned hornist! Can't he count? It sounds frightfully wrong." I believe I

4410-409: The way it is worked out; but the symphony would improve immeasurably if B. could bring himself to shorten it, and to bring more light, clarity, and unity to the whole." Another said that the symphony was "for the most part so shrill and complicated that only those who worship the failings and merits of this composer with equal fire, which at times borders on the ridiculous, could find pleasure in it". But

4480-574: The winter of 1800–1801. The next year, Beethoven used the same theme as the basis for his Variations and Fugue for Piano in E♭ Major , Op. 35, now commonly known as the Eroica Variations due to the theme's re-use in the symphony. It is the only theme that Beethoven used for so many separate works in his lifetime, and each use is in the same key of E ♭ major. The "Wielhorsky Sketchbook", Beethoven's principal sketchbook for 1802, contains

4550-421: The word "Bonaparte" inscribed at the very top of the title-page and "Ludwig van Beethoven" at the very bottom ... I was the first to tell him the news that Bonaparte had declared himself Emperor, whereupon he broke into a rage and exclaimed, "So he is no more than a common mortal! Now, too, he will tread under foot all the rights of Man, indulge only his ambition; now he will think himself superior to all men, become

4620-499: Was Dis (D ♯ major, 9 sharps ). Reviews of the work's public premiere (on 7 April 1805) were decidedly mixed. The concert also included the premiere of a Symphony in E flat major by Anton Eberl (1765–1807) that received better reviews than Beethoven's symphony. One correspondent describes the first reactions to the Eroica : Musical connoisseurs and amateurs were divided into several parties. One group, Beethoven's very special friends, maintains that precisely this symphony

4690-452: Was a self-conscious break from the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment as well as a reaction to socio-political desire for greater human freedom from despotism. The movement sought to express the liberty, fraternity, and equality which writers such as Heinrich Heine and Victor Hugo artistically defended by creating new lyric poetry. There was a new surrender to nature, nostalgia for the past,

4760-417: Was in danger of getting my ears boxed. Beethoven did not forgive me for a long time. The recapitulation starts in the tonic E♭ major as expected, but then features a sudden excursion to F major early on before eventually returning to a more typical form in the tonic. The movement concludes in a long coda with that reintroduces the new theme first presented in the development section. The second movement

4830-408: Was not until the end of the nineteenth century that the emergent discipline of Musikwissenschaft ( musicology ) began to identify which composers contributed to the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , better known for composing classical music, incorporated opera, concerto, symphony, sonata, and string quartets which introduced Romantic qualities to music of

4900-481: Was unlikely that Beethoven knew of that unpublished composition. A possible explanation is that Mozart and Beethoven each coincidentally heard and learned the theme from elsewhere. Beethoven originally dedicated the third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte , who he believed embodied the democratic and anti-monarchical ideals of the French Revolution . In the autumn of 1804, Beethoven withdrew his dedication of

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