HOMEWORK TO BRING COMPLETED TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, MAR 14

Beethoven Symphony Questions:

For Wednesday, March 14, be sure you have read the prep notes for March 14, and written out your answers to the questions below on a piece of paper with your name on it that you will turn in at the start of class:

Question 1: Which specific Beethoven's "style period(s)" do Symphonies 3, 5, and 6 belong to?

Question 2: After hearing the excerpt from Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1799), what is different about the FIRST MOVEMENT of his Symphony No. 3 (1803-4)?
-Symphony No. 1, mvt.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mzDbai8A40
-Symphony No. 3, mvt.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHvztnHOWEQ

Question 3: What is unusual about the SECOND MOVEMENT of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3?
-Symphony No. 3, movement 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKa00qWwsMg

Question 4: What symphony did Beethoven start working on immediately after he published Symphony No. 3? (look carefully at the dates in Music Guide 31 in the Music 1700 Resource Guide)

Question 5: Why does Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 have a special relationship with his Symphony No. 6?

To answer the above questions:

- Keep in mind that the "normal" 4-movement design of a Classic symphony is:

1. Fast (I--Home key): Sonata form [debate]

2. Slow (IV): a serene movement in a simple design such as ABA, small rondo, or Theme and Variations
3. Minuet (I; moderate speed): Minuet & Trio form
4. Very Fast (I): Rondo form

- Study Music Guide 31 on page 9 of the Music 1700 Resource Guide.
- Read the section below in the notes on "Beethoven's Three Style Phases"
- Listen to the FIRST TWO MINUTES of each of the YouTube clips listed above for Symphonies No. 1 and No. 3

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