{"id":716,"date":"2020-01-03T13:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2022-09-15T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:14:05","slug":"which-beethoven-symphony-has-five-movements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/which-beethoven-symphony-has-five-movements\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Beethoven Symphony has five movements?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Beethoven\u2019s Sixth Symphony (F major, op.68, called the Pastoral or Pastorale in German) that has five movements. The composition is a program music, its subject is nature and the love of nature. The music has five scenes, each scene is a movement. The last three movements are meant to be played together without pause.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beethoven composed nine symphonies<\/a> all of them are unique creations. Partly reflecting his own development as a person and as a composer, partly reflecting the social and political changes of his turbulent time.<\/p>\n

A symphony, as a rule, has four movements. The first movement speaks to the mind, usually with lively tempo. The second movement, the slow movement, is aimed at the heart and also provides a little rest for the audience. The third movement is a wake up call, again fast tempo, often dance like music. The final movement that closes the composition often is a vivid, strong parade of all the musical themes introduced before (like in the Ninth Symphony), but common characteristics of these movements are the vivid themes and cheerful finale.<\/p>\n

Beethoven\u2019s Sixth Symphony is unique among his symphonies. It is a so called program music<\/em>, where the composition has an explicit theme. In this case nature itself. Beethoven loved nature, he went for a walk or hike to the hills and mountains around Vienna every day, regardless the weather! About this Pastoral Symphony he wrote:<\/p>\n

“Here, … lying by the brook with nut-trees, listening to the birds singing, I wrote the ‘Scene by the Brook,’ and the goldhammers there up above me, the quails and cuckoos round about me, helped compose.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sixth Symphony of Beethoven has scenes, each movement representing a scene. It has five scenes meaning five movements. Movement 3-4-5 are to be played together without pause.<\/p>\n

Scene 1.:<\/strong> Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside<\/em><\/p>\n

Tempo: Allegro ma non troppo<\/p>\n

Key: F major<\/p>\n

Scene 2.:<\/strong> Scene by the brook<\/em><\/p>\n

Tempo: Andante molto mosso<\/p>\n

Key: B\u266d major<\/p>\n

Scene 3.:<\/strong> Merry gathering of country folk<\/em><\/p>\n

Tempo: Allegro<\/p>\n

Key: F major<\/p>\n

Scene 4.:<\/strong> Thunder, Storm<\/em><\/p>\n

Tempo: Allegro<\/p>\n

Key: F minor<\/p>\n

Scene 5.:<\/strong> Shepherd’s song. Cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm<\/em><\/p>\n

Tempo: Allegretto<\/p>\n

Key: F major<\/p>\n

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    It is Beethoven\u2019s Sixth Symphony (F major, op.68, called the Pastoral or Pastorale in German) that has five movements. The composition is a program music, its subject is nature and the love of nature. The music has five scenes, each scene is a movement. The last three movements are meant to be played together without pause. Beethoven composed nine symphonies … <\/p>\n

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