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Example 1: Draft for an unfinished “Sinfonia” in C Minor, 1788-90, mm. 1-6
Example A: Draft for an unfinished “Sinfonia” in C Minor, 1788-90
Example 2: Concept Sketch for an unfinished “Sinfonia” in C major, 1790, mm. 1-6
Example B: Sketch for the opening theme of a slow movement in E Major
for an unfinished symphony, ca. 1797
Example C: Sketches for an unfinished symphony in C major, 1795-96
Example 3: Second Symphony, opening theme of the Finale
Example 4: “Andante sinfonia,” concept sketch for a slow movement in G major for a “Sinfonia,” 1801-2
Example D: “Andante sinfonia,” concept sketch for a slow movement in G major for a “Sinfonia,”lS01-2
Example E: “Ur-Eroica” movement-plan
Example F: Full sketch for the Fifth Symphony Scherzo and Trio
Example G: Sketch for the Fifth Symphony, first movement, with the second theme in the relative major (E-flat major) and then in C major (as in the Recapitulation), and incomplete ideas for other portions of the movement
Example 5: Sketch for the Fifth Symphony, slow movement
Example H: Sketch for Fifth Symphony Finale, Presto in C minor
Example J: Idea for Fifth Symphony, C-minor finale in 6/8
Example 6: Sketch for “Sinfonia in D moll”
Example 7: Opening phrase of the Fifth Symphony, first movement, showing the two paired four-note motifs, the second prolonged by a fermata, and the two-note motif E flat-F, consisting of the last note of the first motif and the first note of the second.
Example K: “Murmeln der Bäche,” a sketch that anticipates the slow movement of the “Pastoral” Symphony, 1803-04
Example L: “Pastoral” Symphony, opening of the slow movement
Example 8: Concept sketch for an opening theme of a symphony in G major from 1809, not developed
Example 9: Concept sketch for two movements of a symphony in G minor/major from 1809, not developed
Example M: Seventh Symphony, mm. 67-74, opening theme of the first movement in Flute I
Example N: Sketches that seem to refer to the Scherzo of the Seventh Symphony
Example P: Seventh Symphony, Finale, mm. 1-12
Example Q: Sketch for the first theme of the Seventh Symphony finale
Example R: An early sketch for the first theme of the Seventh Symphony Finale
Example S: Postlude theme from “Save Me from the Grave and Wise,” from Beethoven’s Irish Songs, WoO 154/8, mm. 35-47
Example T: Sketch of Eighth Symphony, first movement exposition material showing opening theme and end of exposition, fermata, and sketch for cadenza
Example U: Opening main theme of the Ninth Symphony, first movement, mm. 17-21
Example 10: Early musical-verbal outline of the introduction to the Ninth Symphony Finale
Example V: An early version of the “Ode to Joy” melody
Example W: The “Ode to Joy” melody with sung text in its final form
