Beethoven: The Music and the Life

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Example 1: a) Beethoven, Piano Sonata in Eb Major, WoO 47, Finale, Rondo vivace, mm. 1-8
b) Mozart, Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 495, Finale, Allegro vivace, mm. 1-8

Example 2: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, WoO 36 No. 1, Eb-minor Allegro, mm. 1-6 (Keyboard part)

Example 3: Melody of aria,”Da stiegen die Menschen” from Cantata on Death of Joseph II

Example 4: Piano Trio, Opus 1 No. 3, Finale, Eb-major second theme, mm. 67-89

Example 5: Violin Sonata in A Major, Opus 12 No. 2, first movement, mm. 1-9

Example 6: Violin Sonata in A Major, Opus 12 No. 2, first movement, Coda, mm. 215-222

Example 7: Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 7, first movement, last 12 measures

Example 8: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 10 No. 1, Finale, mm. 1-31

Example 9: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 10 No. 1, Finale, mm. 54-59, 113-122

Example 10: String Trio in C Minor, Opus 9 No. 3, first movement, mm. 1-30

Example 11: Paer, Funeral March from Achille, mm. 1-25

Example 12: Openings of Piano Sonatas, Opus 31 Nos. 1-3

Example 13: Third Piano Concerto, end of slow movement, beginning of Finale

Example 14: Second Symphony, Finale, first theme

Example 15a: Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 No. 1, first movement, mm. 1-36

Example 15b: Selected sketches for Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 No. 1

Example 16: Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 No. 1, sketch for portion of slow movement (from Grasnick 2, “les derniers soupirs”) from Beethoven, Ein Skizzenbuch zu Streichquartetten aus, Opus 18 (Bonn, 1974), pp. 8-9 of sketchbook (pp. 46-7 of edition).

Example 17: Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6, opening theme of first movement

Example 18: Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6, Finale, mm. 1-44

Example 19: Third Symphony, first movement, opening, mm. 1-12

Example 20: Third Symphony, first movement, mm. 57-64

Example 21: Third Symphony, first movement, mm. 673-691

Example 22: Sixth Symphony, first movement, mm. 275-290

Example 23: a) “Nora Creina”, WoO 154 no. 6, mm. 1-10
b) Seventh Symphony, last movement, opening theme (violin 1), mm. 5-8

Example 24: Eighth Symphony, slow movement, mm. 1-12

Example 25: Eighth Symphony, Finale, mm.1-19

Example 26: Fourth Piano Concerto, Finale, mm. 579-600

Example 27: Fourth Piano Concerto, first movement, mm. 4-5, 11-12, 23-24, 51-52, 348-349

Example 28a: Violin Concerto, first movement, mm. 11-18

Example 28b: Violin Concerto, first movement, mm. 64-72

Example 28c: Violin Concerto, first movement, mm. 79-88

Example 28d: Violin Concerto, slow movement, mm. 1-18

Example 29: Fifth Piano Concerto, first movement, mm. 94-99

Example 30: Coriolanus, mm. 1-14

Example 31: Song “An die Hoffnung,”, Opus 94, mm. 1-16

Example 32: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Opus 57, first movement, mm.1-16

Example 33: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Opus 57, Finale, mm. 1-12

Example 34: Piano Sonata in Eb Major, Opus 81a, first movement, mm. 223-243

Example 35: Cello Sonata in A major, Opus 69, first movement, mm. 1-24

Example 36: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Opus 97, first movement, mm. 268-287

Example 37: Violin Sonata in G Major, Opus 96, first movement, mm. 1-30

Example 38: Russian melody in G minor, 2/4, from Prach Collection

Example 39a: Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 No. 1, mm. 1-8

Example 39b: Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 No. 1, mm. 103-112

Example 39c: Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 No. 1, mm. 348-359

Example 40: Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2, Slow movement, mm. 1-8, 152-57

Example 41: a) Nottebohm, Zweite Beethoveniana, p. 86, sketch for “3tes Quartett…” 8 measures
b) Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581, first movement, second theme

Example 42: Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95, first movement, mm.1-2

Example 43: Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95, first movement, mm. 146-151

Example 44a: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Opus 90, first movement, mm.1-24

Example 44b: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Opus 90, first movement, mm. 130-167

Example 44c: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Opus 90, first movement, mm. 224-245

Example 45: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, Opus 106, Finale, fugue subject, mm. 16-27

Example 46: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 111, opening, mm. 1-16

Example 47: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Opus 111, second movement, mm. 170-171

Example 48: Diabelli, Waltz theme as “Tema” of Beethoven Variations, Opus 120

Example 49: Missa Solemnis, Credo, mm. 1-10

Example 50: Ninth Symphony, first movement, opening theme from Violin I, mm. 16/4-21/1, with scale degrees marked (1 5 3 1 etc.)

Example 51: Ninth Symphony, slow movement, mm.1-9

Example 52: Ninth Symphony, slow movement, mm. 153-57

Example 53: a)Early sketch for a fugue subject to end Opus 130 (from Kropfinger)
b) opening of Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 130, mm. 1-8

Example 54: Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 127, first movement, mm. 27-32

Example 55: Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 127, third movement, mm. 1-17

Example 56: Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 127, Finale, mm.1-12

Example 57: Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132, first movement, mm. 1-22

Example 58: Grand Fugue in B-flat Major, Opus 133, mm. 1-32

Example 59: Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 130, Finale, mm. 1-10

Example 60: Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 130, Finale, mm. 132-140

Example 61: Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, first movement, mm. 1-20

Example 62: Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, first movement, mm. 67-72

Example 63: Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, first movement, mm. 107-121

Example 64: Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, Finale, mm. 1-15

Example 65: Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131, Finale, mm. 21-29

Example 66: a) Quartet in F Major, Opus 135, first movement, mm. 1-10
b) Opus 135, first movement: 1) chord, showing essential tones of opening figure; 2) analysis of mm. 1-2

Example 67: Quartet in F Major, Opus 135, Scherzo, mm. 1-56

Example 68: Quartet in F Major, Opus 135, Scherzo, mm. 267-273

Example 69: Quartet in F Major, Opus 135, Finale, Allegro, mm. 1-44

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