Beethoven 7th symphony 2nd movement wiki
The Seventh Symphony is in four movements: Problems playing these files? See media help. The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in A (E and D in the inner movements), 2 trumpets in D, timpani, and strings. at the entrance of a forte he jumped in the air"), and the concert was repeated due to its immense success. Spohr made particular mention of Beethoven's antics on the rostrum ("as a sforzando occurred, he tore his arms with a great vehemence asunder. The piece was very well received, and the second movement, the Allegretto, had to be encored immediately.
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It is also said that the Italian guitar virtuoso Mauro Giuliani played cello at the premiere. The orchestra was led by Beethoven's friend Ignaz Schuppanzigh and included some of the finest musicians of the day: violinist Louis Spohr, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Antonio Salieri, bassoonist Anton Romberg, and the Italian double bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti, whom Beethoven himself described as playing "with great fire and EXPRESSIVE power". The program also included the patriotic work Wellington's Victory exalting the victory of the British over Napoleon's France.
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In Beethoven's address to the participants, the motives are openly named: "We are moved by nothing but pure patriotism and the joyful sacrifice of our powers for those who have sacrificed so much for us." The work was premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna on 8 December 1813 at a charity concert for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Hanau.