{"id":321,"date":"2019-02-22T11:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T10:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2022-09-18T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T09:05:34","slug":"beethoven-symphony-no1-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/beethoven-symphony-no1-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Beethoven Symphony No. 1 (part 3.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After exploring the first<\/a> and second<\/a> movements of Beethoven\u2019s First Symphony, in this article we continue with the third movement. This is a short movement, a new joking<\/em> (scherzo) approach from Beethoven, something he will hold dear in the future. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The third movement is intended to be a joke. In the classical style before Beethoven, the third movement was often a minuet and trio<\/em>. The minuet is a slower tempo dance with a triple meter. In the middle came the trio, airier, lighter usually with a different instrumentation.<\/p>\n

Although called Menuetto<\/em>, the tempo marking is Allegro molto e vivace<\/em>, meaning such a speed that it becomes essentially a scherzo<\/em>. Scherzo means, I joke<\/em>, and the intention is to play it cheerfully, playfully. The contrasting trio section resembles a pastoral scene, but the movement finally returns to the beating tempo and concludes the movement in a glorious finale.<\/p>\n

The scherzo music was existing before Beethoven, but he was the one seizing the potential of it and making it part of his later symphonies, defining a new style.<\/p>\n

Our first clip is from the beginning of the movement that starts with an ascend. The tune may sound familiar, this is something we already heard in movement 1.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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The middle section is a pastoral scene, observe the two contrasting elements of winds, playing repeating chords and the violins playing quick, dashing lines.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Same idea, with clarinets and horns, accompanied by violins.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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The finale is again a dialogue, tutti plays repeated chords, violins the dashing lines.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Continue here with the fourth and final movement<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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    After exploring the first and second movements of Beethoven\u2019s First Symphony, in this article we continue with the third movement. This is a short movement, a new joking (scherzo) approach from Beethoven, something he will hold dear in the future. The third movement is intended to be a joke. In the classical style before Beethoven, the third movement was often … <\/p>\n

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