Ludwig van Beethoven William Jackson, MUSC-1010.

Presentation Preparation Write about a 7 page paper: 2 pages: biography 1 page: composition histories 3 pages: Listening Guides 1 page: Bibliography and References You will build your presentation around your research and you will use what you wrote in this paper in your presenter’s notes. This is what you tell your audience.

Introduction Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonatas & Concertos Hello. I am Craig Ferrin and I want to share with you the piano works of Ludwig van Beethoven. I personally find his piano works to be powerful and exciting. He can also show gentleness and intimacy. Friends, you simply continue to describe and write HERE IN PRESENTERS NOTES.

Biography Born December 16, 1770 Bonn, Electorate of Cologne Composer, Pianist Genius, Struggled with depression. Down here your write a good place all the writing from your paper regarding the items on the slides. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Biography Lost his hearing, the most difficult process of his life. Was never married. Hailed as a genius in his own lifetime Down here your write a good place all the writing from your paper regarding the items on the slides. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Biography Often sick as a child. Father was known as an alcoholic and was rather hard on young Beethoven. Named after his Grandfather whom he inherited his musical talent. Down here your write a good place all the writing from your paper regarding the items on the slides. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Composition History Moonlight Sonata 1801 Dedicated to Countess Giulietta Gucciardi. Originally called Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor “Quasi una fantasia”. Broke the typical sonata mold of fast-slow-fast to slow-medium-fast. The bullet points are what the audience sees and remembers. You need to tell your audience the details. These details are here in the presenter’s notes. You should have about a paragraph of 5-9 sentences in the presenter’s notes of each slide.

Composition History Fur Elise 1810 German for ‘For Elise’ Was not published until 38 years after Beethoven's death One of the most well-known pieces of music in the world. The bullet points are what the audience sees and remembers. You need to tell your audience the details. These details are here in the presenter’s notes. You should have about a paragraph of 5-9 sentences in the presenter’s notes of each slide.

Composition History Adelaide Op. 46 1795 Song for a solo voice and piano Text by German poet Friedrich von Mathhison Lyrics are about love for an unattainable woman, something Beethoven himself experienced many times in his life. Inspired by love, etc. The bullet points are what the audience sees and remembers. You need to tell your audience the details. These details are here in the presenter’s notes. You should have about a paragraph of 5-9 sentences in the presenter’s notes of each slide.

Listening Guides Moonlight Sonata A-B-A Form Piano C# minor

Listening Guides 0:00 1st movement A-B-A   0:00 1st movement A-B-A The first movement is Adagio sostenuto, an Italian term meaning “sustained”. It is a style in which notes are sustained beyond their normal sound value (Mackenzie).The sonata opens with a C# minor bass note accompanied by the right hand in a triplet figuration, this repeated triplet gives the song its hypnotic, ghostly feeling. The first movement is written in C# minor. The movement is played pianissimo and the loudest it gets is piano (Fishko).

Listening Guides Moonlight Sonata Scherzo and trio Form Piano D flat major

Listening Guides 6:00 2nd movement scherzo and trio (Jones).   6:00 2nd movement scherzo and trio (Jones). The second movement is Allegretto which is a direction in music moving at a medium speed. This movement is where Beethoven breaks from the normal sonata pattern of fast, slow, fast – here he moves from slow to medium and will eventually finish with fast.. The key of the second movement is D flat major, which is unrelated to the overall key of c# minor. (Kennedy). There is a feeling of a building tempo and uneasiness about the second movement. The strikes on the piano are a bit faster and a bit harder.

Listening Guides Moonlight Sonata Sonata Form Piano C# minor

Listening Guides 8:06 3rd movement Sonata Form   8:06 3rd movement Sonata Form The third movement is Presto agitato which means in Italian “very quick and with excitement”, Beethoven here finishes with his fast portion of the sonata. Also written in C# minor, repeating the first movement. The most technical of the three there are many fast arpeggios and strongly accented notes and fortissimo passages (Jones). These combined help to create the feeling of need and urgency in the piece.

REFERENCES Fishko, Sara. “Why do we love the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata”. NPR. Retrieved 10 May 2011. Jones, Timothy. Beethoven, the Moonlight and other sonatas, op. 27 and op. 31. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 19, 43 and back cover.   Kennedy, Michael. “Moonlight Sonata”, from Oxford Dictionary of Music2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006 rev., p. 589 Mackenzie, Compton. “The Beethoven Piano Sonatas”, from The Gramophone, Aug. 1940, p. 5. Maynard, Solomon. Beethoven (New York: Schirmer Books, 1998), p. 139 Marie, George (21 February 2016). “An Interpretive guide to the Moonlight Sonata”.