As a representative Classical composer, Beethoven played the role in linking the late Classicism and early Romanticism in Western classic music history.
In such a transitional period, there were movements in society that attempted to break away from strict form and pursued freedom. Music also te...
As a representative Classical composer, Beethoven played the role in linking the late Classicism and early Romanticism in Western classic music history.
In such a transitional period, there were movements in society that attempted to break away from strict form and pursued freedom. Music also tended to deviate from the framework of Classicism. Particularly, the piano, developed in this period, started to enjoy drastic changes. Having always been interested in the piano that allowed more dynamic and diverse expressions than any other instruments at the time, Beethoven composed many pieces for piano, including 32 sonatas, 20 variations, bagatelles and rondos, which can be explained by the period of composition and style. Beethoven’s early music was influenced by Haydn and Mozart, being faithful to Classical techniques.
His mid-era music showed his attempts to advance the basic frame of musical form. Beethoven’s music in his late period showed forms that were freer and teemed in Romanticism, harmonies that were even more audacious, and dynamics that were more dramatic. Such a transition in his compositional techniques is also shown in his variations for piano.
The variations in his early period often showed the influence of Mozart with motivic variations, variations based on melodies, and those in his second period focused on free transitions with character variations of themes, which are shown in Op. 34 and 「Eroica Variations, Op. 35」 Beethoven in the third and final period firmly established the character variations, composing the famous Diabelli Variation among others.
Particularly, the character variations shown in his second period played a crucial role in establishing the style of the variations in the Romantic period. Eroica Variation, the representative work in Beethoven’s second period, shows the techniques of character variations where no clear themes appear. Demonstrating a more advanced form of the variations in the Classical period, greatly influenced the establishment of character variations and their advance into fantasy variations and free variations in the Romantic period.
As a representative Classical composer, Beethoven played the role in linking the late Classicism and early Romanticism in Western classic music history.
In such a transitional period, there were movements in society that attempted to break away from strict form and pursued freedom. Music also tended to deviate from the framework of Classicism. Particularly, the piano, developed in this period, started to enjoy drastic changes. Having always been interested in the piano that allowed more dynamic and diverse expressions than any other instruments at the time, Beethoven composed many pieces for piano, including 32 sonatas, 20 variations, bagatelles and rondos, which can be explained by the period of composition and style. Beethoven’s early music was influenced by Haydn and Mozart, being faithful to Classical techniques.
His mid-era music showed his attempts to advance the basic frame of musical form. Beethoven’s music in his late period showed forms that were freer and teemed in Romanticism, harmonies that were even more audacious, and dynamics that were more dramatic. Such a transition in his compositional techniques is also shown in his variations for piano.
The variations in his early period often showed the influence of Mozart with motivic variations, variations based on melodies, and those in his second period focused on free transitions with character variations of themes, which are shown in Op. 34 and 「Eroica Variations, Op. 35」 Beethoven in the third and final period firmly established the character variations, composing the famous Diabelli Variation among others.
Particularly, the character variations shown in his second period played a crucial role in establishing the style of the variations in the Romantic period. Eroica Variation, the representative work in Beethoven’s second period, shows the techniques of character variations where no clear themes appear. Demonstrating a more advanced form of the variations in the Classical period, greatly influenced the establishment of character variations and their advance into fantasy variations and free variations in the Romantic period.
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