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Masterpieces of Western Music

Humanities W1123 · Prof. Michael Thaddeus

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

ASSIGNMENT


READ Chapter 8 in Kelly if you haven't already.

Also if you haven't already, LOOK at the assignment for Paper #2, and make a tentative choice of concert. Please feel free to ask for advice or recommendations!

PRINT the questionnaire and fill it out as you LISTEN to Beethoven's last string quartet, completed in October 1826 just 5 months before his death.


String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
performed by the Alban Berg Quartet

I: Allegretto (6'17)

II: Vivace (3'22)

III: Lento assai e cantate tranquillo (7'47)

IV: Grave, ma non troppo tratto ‐ Allegro (6'55)


Also, just for reference, here are the passages from E.T.A. Hoffmann's essay on Beethoven's Fifth and E.M. Forster's novel Howards End discussed in class.

And, just for fun, a masterpiece of corny humor...