Piece #50 Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6K_IuBsRM4

Ahh the lore that surrounds this piece. What of it is a myth? What of it is true? Scholars will continue to argue and romanticize over the opening of this piece.

Factoids;

• Began in 1804 and completed in 1808.
• Beethoven set aside this symphony to work on Symphony No. 4, his fourth piano concert, and initial editions of Fidelio, the only opera he wrote.
• There is evidence to indicate Beethoven had significant hearing loss in 1801, three years before he began this symphony, and seven before it was completed.

• This work is interesting in the opening motive (dah dah dah dum) serves as the basis for the entire movements.
• It reappears most obviously in the third movement, but occurs in accompanimental figures in movements two and four.

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