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A 6 page research paper/essay that argues that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, coming as it does at the end of the Classical period, foreshadows Romantic concerns, it, nevertheless, is a classical work. Throughout the Ninth, traditional forms and structures are evident and provide a solid framework upon which the emotionality of the work rests. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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they should be identified as some of the first works of the Romantic period. Machlis describes the classical era as "more objective" in approach than the romantic, as the Classical
era valued the "control and discipline of art, its potentialities for rational expression and exquisite workmanship," as well as its "vision of an ideal beauty" (Machlis, 1970, p. 189). Romantic
composers were far less concerned with form and more concerned with emotion. While eighteenth classicism valued rationality and gave birth to the Enlightenment, nineteenth century romanticism swung the artistic pendulum
in the opposite direction, valuing emotion over structure. The following examination of Beethovens Ninth Symphony argues that this work, coming as it does at the end of the Classical period,
while foreshadowing Romantic concerns is, nevertheless, a classical work. Throughout the Ninth, traditional forms and structures are evident and provide a solid framework upon which the emotionality of the
work rests. Some scholars assert that Beethoven was considering ideas for a symphony in D minor, which would form a trilogy with his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, as early
as 1812, which was while he was still composing these works (Bronshtein, 1996). It has also been proposed that Beethoven first expressed a desire to set Schillers poem "Ode to
Joy" to music during his early years in Bonn, which would mean that he was considering the basis for the Ninth as early as 1792 (Lieberman, 1996). However, it
was not until the summer of 1822 that Beethoven actually began work on this symphony in earnest, with the majority of the composition completed in 1823 (Bronshtein, 1996). His Ninth
Symphony premiered on May 7, 1824 (Lieberman, 1996). While there is a great deal about the Ninth that is innovative for its time, this work, as with Beethovens other symphonies,
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