Assignment: Grout and Palisca, Chapter
15
Read: 533-537
Skim: 537-541 (bottom)
Read: 541 (bottom)-547
Skim: 547-554
Read: 554-557
Skim: 558-560
Read: 560
Study Questions:
2. What is the historical importance of Beethoven?--p.
533-534 How did he com-
pose?--p. 534-535**
3. What is the "Heiligenstadt testament"?--p. 535
4. What are the general characteristics of Beethoven’s
three style periods?--p.
535-536
5. What are the unusual peculiarities of the first
movement of Beethoven’s Sym-
phony No. 3?--p.
543 What are two possible interpretations for the thematic
structure of the
exposition (and recapitulation)?--p. 543, 545 How do the
sketches clarify
the question of a new theme in the development?--p. 543-544
(and NAWM 106) What
is "dramatic" about this work?--p. 544-545***
6. What are the dramatic and musical characteristics of Fidelio?--p. 546-547
7. Be able to describe the various elements of Beethoven’s late style--p. 554-556
8. How does Beethoven handle form in his Quartet
in C# minor, No. 14, Op. 131?
How can this be equated
with the Classic sonata scheme?--p. 557
9. What influence did Beethoven have on the Romantic
movement of the 19th
century?--p. 560****
**It will be instructive to compare Beethoven with Mozart on this point.
***It will be instructive (if somewhat
tedious!) to study the sketch material in the commentary to NAWM
106,
because this will give you a clear concept of the way Beethoven worked.
****Not mentioned here (or later) is
the influence that Beethoven had on Wagner and his concept of music
drama
as a "Total Art Work."