Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh Symphonies: A Closer Look

by David Hurwitz

Composers often write pieces in highly contrasting moods in very close proximity. But no composer took this process further than Beethoven. His famous Fifth Symphony, with an opening any child knows, became the standard for the Romantic, tragedy to triumph, "victory symphony." The sunny Seventh however represents a high-water mark of relaxed lyricism and painting in tones. On a superficial listening, they couldn't sound more different from one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826429440
• ISBN13: 9780826429445
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.8"