I have the orchestral score in front of me as I write this. First of all, Beethoven was enamored of the metronome invented by Maalzel (who was a friend of his), and used Maalzel metronome markings...
There is a lot of things that are unusual in Beethoven's 5th Symphony including:-There was no break between the third and fourth movement. -The last movement adds a piccolo, a contrabassoon, and...
Beethoven wrote his fifth Symphony between 1804-1808. In those days, composers very often depended on commissions from wealthy patrons and during the time spent composing the Fifth Symphony,...