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Politics and Music: Class Meetings
Professor Courtney Brown
Meeting #2: Beethoven's Music in the Context
of His Lifetime
LECTURE NOTES
SELECTIONS played in class:
(All by Beethoven)
Symphony No. 3, Allegro Con Brio
Overture to Fidelio
Wellington's Victory
Symphony No. 9, Molto vivace
Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy (Choral)
POINTS: These are pieces that were composed at significant times
in Beethoven's life. Note that there are distinct changes in
the character of the music as Beethoven tried to express various
viewpoints, often colored with distinct and at times contrasting
political tones. Contrast the Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
which originally was dedicated to Napoleon - and which seemed
to celebrate revolutionary republican political ideals - with
the militaristic feast in Wellington's Victory which celebrates
Napoleon's defeat in 1913.
QUESTIONS: Are Beethoven's works during his lifetime representational
or associational with respect to their political content or tone?