LISTENING CHART 13
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, complete work
31 min., 31 sec.
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| FIRST MOVEMENT(Allegro con brio, 2/4; sonata form) | C minor, ff |
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| See Listening Chart 12. | ||||
| SECOND MOVEMENT(Andante, 3/8; variations) | A♭ major, p |
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| 0:00 | Theme 1 | Ends with repeated cadences | ||
| 1:03 | Theme 2 | Played by clarinets and bassoons | ||
| 1:26 | Trumpets enter. | (goes to C MAJOR, ff) | ||
| 2:12 | Theme 1 | Variation 1, played by strings | ||
| 3:06 | Theme 2 | Clarinets and bassoons |
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| 3:29 | Trumpets enter. | (goes to C MAJOR, ff) | ||
| 4:16 | Theme 1 | Variations 2– |
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| 6:13 | Theme 2 | Trumpets | C MAJOR, ff | |
| 6:58 | Theme 1 | Variations 5 (minor; woodwinds) and 6 (full orchestra); cadences |
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| 8:29 | Coda | A♭ major | ||
| THIRD MOVEMENT (Allegro, 3/4; A B A') | C minor, pp | |||
| Scherzo (A) |
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| 0:00 | a b | |||
| 0:41 | a'b' | |||
| 1:21 | a''b'' | Ends with a loud cadence built from b | ||
| Trio (B) | C MAJOR, ff |
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| 1:52 | |: c :| | Fugal | ||
| 2:25 | d c' | |||
| 2:56 | d c' | Reorchestrated, p; runs into scherzo | (goes back to C minor, pp) | |
| Scherzo (A') | ||||
| 3:30 | Scherzo repeated, shorter and reorchestrated, pp | |||
| 4:46 | Transition | Timpani; leads directly into the fourth movement | ||
| FOURTH MOVEMENT (Allegro, 2/2; sonata form) | (goes to C MAJOR, ff ) |
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| EXPOSITION | C MAJOR, ff | |||
| 0:00 | Theme 1 | March theme | ||
| 0:34 | Bridge theme | Low horns and bassoons |
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| 1:00 | Theme 2 | |||
| 1:27 | Cadence theme | |||
| Development |
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| 1:57 | Development begins; modulation. | |||
| 2:02 | Theme 2 and its bass developed | |||
| 3:31 | Retransition | Recall of the scherzo (A′, 3/4 meter) | (recall of C minor, pp) | |
| Recapitulation | C MAJOR, ff | |||
| 4:03 | Theme 1 | |||
| 4:38 | Bridge theme | |||
| 5:07 | Theme 2 | |||
| 5:33 | Cadence theme | |||
| Coda | ||||
| 6:01 | Coda; three sections, accelerating; uses parts of the bridge, cadence theme, and theme 1 | C MAJOR, ff | ||