![]() One of the aspects that makes the Fifth Symphony remarkable is that the “fate motif” is not treated as simply a first theme. Beethoven wrote in a letter: “I will seize fate by the throat it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely” (Lockwood, Beethoven Symphonies, 95). Hoffman praised it as “one of the most important works of the time.” Its famous four-note opening gesture is not only credited as, “Fate knocks at the door” by Beethoven’s factotum and biographer Anton Schindler, but also represents the “fate” that Beethoven wants to overcome during his lifetime, because he was experiencing an increasing deafness, psychic pain and depression. In his epochal review of Beethoven’s Symphony No. Image available at IMSLP and Beethoven-Haus.įirst published score: May 1826, Breitkopf und Härtel, Vienna. Image available online.įirst published parts: April 1809, Breitkopf und Härtel, Vienna. Orchestra size for first or early performance: 12-16.3-4.3-4.3-5/single winds.Īutograph Score: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. IV): Strings, Pic IV, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, CBsn IV, 2 Hn, 2 Tr, ATBTbn IV, Timp.įirst performance: 22 December 1808, Akademie at Theater-an-der-Wien. 4).ĭedication: Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz (also Wikipedia, and portrait) and Count Andrey Razumovsky (also Wikipedia, and portrait). ![]()
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