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It was Beethoven's last symphony; his abilities as a composer were fully-developed.
It was the first symphony by any composer to use voices.
In spite of the fact that it is in a minor key, it builds to a joyful finale.
It has quite a few memorable melodies--in modern terms, it's got some great hooks.
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RafaI guess its partly because he wrote it when he was deaf. Its also a great symphony but I like some Classical Music and Beethoven's ninth just doesn't do much for me.
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Why was dvorak's symphony called from the new world?
Dvorak came to the US late in his life and spent about 2 years in New York and Idaho (or was it Iowa). His 9th symphony was inspired by his experiences here in the US and so it is nicknamed the New World Symphony.
Why are symphony's so long?
It depends on the musician's idea on the symphony.
What was haydn's first symphony?
AnswerJosef Haydn is generally considered the Father of the Symphony, so this may help lead you to the answer.- While this is true there is no such thing as 'the' first symphony. The form has evolved almost constantly, and the 4 movements (sonata-allegro, slow, minuet, finale) of Haydn are very different to the one movement or even 15 movements symohonies of modern composers.In the renessaince and Baroque times the word sympony and overture were used interchangeable and the symphony was often the first prelude in an opera. Bachs sons, Carl Phillip and Johann Christian both wrote many symphonies though these were in 3 movement.Joseph Haydn solidified the form and concept of the symphony as a four movement piece described above. Eventually writing 104 symphonies himself.However by the time of Beethovens Late 9th he had revolutionised it again and during the romantic era it was considered the most important form for musical expression. Here the symphony grew in size, emotional depth and often strayed from conventional Structure.
Why was going to the symphony so important in Vienna?
Because it is
What are the lyrics to Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony 1st movement theme?
Hahaha! It's a symphony! (So there are just instruments, no voices!) This made me giggle :)
