Pathetique Sonata
opus 13, 1799
Malinconia
opus 18, 1800
Tempest Sonata
opus 31, 1801
Beethoven Symphony #3
1804
Coriolan Overture
1807
Beethoven Symphony #5
1808
Beethoven Symphony #5
1808
Fidelio
1805, 1806, 1814
Middle String Quartets
3 “Rusumovsky” quartets
“Harp”
“Serioso”
Diabelli Variations
1819
Missa Solemnis
1823
Beethoven Symphony #9
1824
Beethoven String Quartet Opus 131
1826
Mozart’s Magic Flute
1791
Schubert’s Symphony #8
1822 (disc. 1867)
“Death and the Maiden” Quartet
1824
“Trout” Quintet
1819
Sanctus from Schubert
Mass #6, 1828
Der Freischutz
Weber, 1821
Euryanthe
Weber, 1823
An die Ferne Gelebte
Beethoven, 1816
Die Schone Mullerin
Schubert, 1823
Winterreise
Schubert, 1827
Dichterliebe
Schumann, 1840
Frauenliebe und leben
Schumann, 1840
3 “Rusumovsky” quartets
Opus 59; 1806
“Harp” quartet
opus 74; 1809
“Serioso” quartet
opus 95; 1810
Names of the 5 Big Song Cycles
Frauenliebe und leben, Dichterliebe, Winterreise, Die Schone Mullerin, An die Ferne Gelebte
Oberon
Weber, 1826
Schubert’s Characteristic Experiments
Chromatic shifts into and out of diatonic keys, folklike themes, folksong ideal, unusual approaches to sonata form
Volksgeist
Herder (“On The Origins of Language”, 1772)
Kant
Categorical imperative, 1788
Five Aesthetic Strategies
Poetic ideas (political, natural, contemplative), Primal Gesture, Monumentality, Individuality, Dramatic Coherence
Examples: Beethoven Political Pieces
3rd Symphony (1804), 5th Symphony (1808), Coriolan (1807)
Example: Beethoven Nature Piece
Beethoven’s 6th Symphony (1808)
Example: Beethoven Deep Personal Contemplation
Opus 131 String Quartet (1826)
Example: Beethoven Primal Gesture
Coriolan Introduction (1807)
Example: Beethoven Monumentality
Beethoven’s 3rd (1804), 5th (1808), 9th (1824), Diabelli Variations (1819), Op. 131 (1826), Op. 132 (1826)
Example: Beethoven Individualization
9 symphonies, Beethoven 3rd (1804)
Example: Beethoven Dramatic Coherence
Beethoven’s 5th (1808)
Heiligenstadt Testament
1802
Paganini
1782-1840
Schumann’s Three Imaginary Friends
Florestan (forceful), Eusebius (poetic), Raro (mediator)
Erlkonig
1815
An die Musik
March 1817
Gretchen am Spinnrade
1814
Wellington’s Victory
Beethoven. 1813