Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

by Beethoven, Ludwig Van; Forbes, Elliot

• ISBN13: 9780393098938
• ISBN10: 0393098931
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1971-07-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.A score embodying the best available musical text.Historical background'”what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origins of the work, including (where relevant) original source material.A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-known scholar.Other significant analytic essays and critical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Historical Background	p. 3
The Score of the Symphony
1st Movement Allegro con brio	p. 19
2nd Movement Andante con moto	p. 38
3rd Movement Allegro	p. 53
4th Movement Allegro	p. 68
The Sketches	p. 117
Textual Note	p. 129
Analysis
[The Fifth Symphony]	p. 143
[Review of the Fifth Symphony]	p. 150
[The First Movement]	p. 164
Views and Comments
Bibliography	p. 201
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