jan 1, 1808 - Pastoral Symphony
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“More Expression of Feeling than Tone Painting”: The Pastoral Symphony1. Not all of Beethoven’s middle period works are dynamic and heroic. He wrote the
Fifth and Sixth symphonies simultaneously, and they were premiered at the same concert.
2. The Sixth Symphony is intentionally programmatic.
3. He gave each movement a descriptive title.
Programatic: a type of instrumental art music that attempts to render an extra-musical narrative musically. The narrative itself might be offered to the audience through the piece's title, or in the form of programme notes, inviting imaginative correlations with the music.
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Date:
jan 1, 1808
Now
~ 217 years ago