SOP - 184 Beethoven's 5th - Movement 3 - Putting the Classism in

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Artist: Bob Tozier
School: North Allegheny

Notes:

https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/the-5th-movement-3-classism-classical

Before Beethoven’s time, classical music culture looked and sounded quite different. When Mozart premiered his Symphony 31 in the late 1700s, it was standard for audiences to clap, cheer, and yell “da capo!” (Italian for “from the beginning!”) in the middle of a performance. After Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony debuted in the early 1800s, these norms changed — both because the rising industrial merchant class took ownership of concert halls and because of shifts in the music itself.

As we explored in episodes I and II of the Switched On Pop podcast series The 5th, the musical complexity of Beethoven’s symphony required a different kind of listening. The Fifth’s four-note opening theme occurs and recurs in variations throughout the symphony, slowly shifting from minor to major keys and mirroring Beethoven’s experience with deafness. The Fifth’s creative rule-breaking — subverting the classical sonata form in the first movement, for example — requires close listening to fully grasp. Over time, these norms crystallized into a set of etiquette rules (e.g., “don’t clap mid-piece”) to enhance the new listening experience. In the third episode of The 5th, we explore how Beethoven’s symphony was used to generate the strict culture of classical music — and the politics that undergird those norms of behavior.

Comments

Sarah Feick from: North Allegheny - posted: January 12, 2021
I remeber learning about some of this a while ago but it is very cool to hear it now and actually appreciate it.

Kassi Barry from: North Allegheny - posted: January 12, 2021
I absolutley love the beethoven meets heavy metal. That is so cool and I have started looking for more classical songs turned into metal.

Reka Gotz from: North Allegheny - posted: January 15, 2021
I love that, with Beethoven introducing a new wave of classical music etiquette, the listening experience changed completely. Being in the audience of a performance is now like watching a movie... you follow a narrative through sound!

Julia Maletta from: North Allegheny - posted: January 20, 2021
I love that the elements in classical music can be found in many different genres, especially such opposite ones like heavy metal.

Nicholas Palermo from: North Allegheny - posted: January 22, 2021
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 set the tone fpr new music and was very much a trailblazer for many pieces of music to come.

Olivia Belcher from: North Allegheny - posted: January 23, 2021
With this third movement, it's clear to see how Beethoven completely set a new standard for classical music in all respects.

Rohan Puri from: North Allegheny - posted: January 23, 2021
This is exactly something that I love about music. No matter how different contrasting genres may seem, they can sound great together if done well.

Nick Brar from: North Allegheny - posted: January 23, 2021
There's a very large variety of genres. They are all unique in their own ways. If done correctly, they can sound good when played together.

Luke Hartle from: North Allegheny - posted: January 25, 2021
Beethoven is somethign else. I really like how he can introduce new parts of this peice, but make it seem like it is all one song.

Eric schaefer from: North Allegheny - posted: January 25, 2021
Actually understanding what im listening to makes music like this much more interesting.

Nick Faber from: North Allegheny - posted: January 25, 2021
I find it crazy how a single symphony and composer can completely transform both music styles and etiquette centuries into the future. Music has a lasting emotional legacy long surpassing the time it takes to get from start to end of a piece.

Grace Elliott from: North Allegheny - posted: January 25, 2021
Music should always be innovated and improved upon - just because it is done being written does not mean it is done being varied and reharmonized. The fact that we can mix genres like metal and classical means that no matter the genre, there is good music out there.

Erik Bloomquist from: North Allegheny - posted: January 26, 2021
I love to see musical genres mixed. Some of the best music today comes from artists who blur lines between genres and express themselves.

Vaishnavee Sundararaman from: North Allegheny - posted: January 26, 2021
Something that I just love about music in general is that you can make anything thar is already put there into something that is yours. You have so much room for creativity in music. Also, the artform can be done for your entire lifetime. You can keep on improving on it. It will never stop.

Hunter Badamo from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
Music doesn't evolve unless someone comes around and puts their own twist on it. Luckily, that's becoming even easier in modern times because of all the technology we have at our fingertips. Imagine telling a producer in the 70s that you could just have a synth inside your computer now. Nothing analog.

Amy Hendricks from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
I love hearing classical mixed with other genres. It's often seen as so foreign when it's all just music.

Bri Cobbey from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
It's amazing how two contrasting genres were put together and how they actually worked. I think when many people think of Beethoven, they think it as strictly classical and nothing else, so it's interesting to see it from a different perspective.

Josi Pietrzyk from: - posted: January 27, 2021
Love this for Beethoven. If music was gender stereotypes, then Beethoven would break them all. Absolutely inspiring. Sunglass emoji :)

Rae Dwyer from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
Heavy Metal and Beethoven? No way! Who would have thought? I love how this can be related to SO many different types of songs.

Kai Su from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
I have mainly only listened to classical music, so it is intresting to hear pieces I am familiar with or have played in the past be mixed with genres I am less familiar with.

Cassandra Pultorak from: North Allegheny - posted: January 27, 2021
I love when genres are "mismatched" because it shows that anything can be music if it's done well, even the unexpecte.

Clay Sheleheda from: North Allegheny - posted: January 28, 2021
Roll Over Beethoven is a great song! I prefer the ELO version.

Hyunjun Chang from: North Allegheny - posted: January 28, 2021
As an avid admirer of starkly contrasting genres of music (eg classical, edm, punk rock) I am very interested to hear variations/remixes of classical pieces and their incorporation of unorthodox elements (to an extent of course).

Nathan Lam from: North Allegheny - posted: January 28, 2021
Mixing musical genres is so cool because it combines 2 different ideas into something completely new

Sophia Elliott from: North Allegheny - posted: January 28, 2021
One of the greatest things you can do in music is mix genres and do it in a way that is fresh and enjoyable. I love how two very differing genres can still come together and make something new.