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Calendar for
this Unit
Lecture Materials for the Beethoven Humanities Unit
Listening Notes and Music Files
Listening Notes by Steve Krantz along with links to online recordings of the music
Piano Sonata Op. 13 “Pathetique”
Other selections from the seminar tapes
Haydn Sympony #88 in G Major
Movement 4
Mozart Sympony #40 in G Minor
Movement 1
Beethoven section of the Classical Music
Archive
The best source of free Beethoven Music I’ve found.
Some selections require paid subscription, but a nice selection of free mp3’s.
From the Immortal Beethoven site.
Another comprehensive set of MIDI Selections
From L.V. Beethoven’s Website.
Brief Real
audio and mp3 selections from symphonies 5 and 3
ICClassics.com
Guides and short selections of the themes of all 9 symphonies
Detailed Information on
each of the nine Symphonies
From the Beethoven Depot
Guide to the
Ninth Symphony
Very Useful! Has the text of Schiller with translation along with a timed guide
to the music.
NPR special on
the 7th symphony
Video and audio
Biography and General Beethoven sites
The Beethoven Reference Site
Very comprehensive site with biography, documents, and mp3’s
Beethoven Timeline from same site.
Ludwig von
Beethoven’s Website
A comprehensive site with pictures,
Biography, music to download, and more.
From the Immortal Beethoven site.
Biography, images, music clips
Resources on Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved
Translations of the letters and images of the candidates.
From the Beethoven Reference site. Addresses the inaccuracies in the movie. Has the Letters.
Information on the Film
From the Internet Movie Database
Aids on How to Listen to Music
What to Listen
for in Music
A set of lectures on what to listen for in music. Very nice! Explanation of many basic musical terms with examples. You
can even download and listen to the examples discussed if your computer is set
up for it.
Beethoven's
Third Symphony Explained
Lecture on Beethoven's Third from the previous series of lectures.
An Interactive guide to the Symphony
A very nice account of sonata form, the form most often used in 1st and 4th movements.
Here are some of the forms used in other movements
Essentials of Music glossary
Norton site, lots of real audio illustrations
Here is the section on musical form
