The Finale of Beethoven's Choral Symphony

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This paper examines the great impact that Beethoven's Choral Symphony had on the genre of the classical symphony. The paper explains how, despite of all the criticisms of the Choral Symphony that continue to this day, in writing it Beethoven helped the genre of classical symphony evolve, translating it from the Classical to the Romantic.

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"In addition, recent studies on the sketches have been difficult, as some sketches were lost, sold, or found to be out of their original order (Levy 19). It is evident from what has been found and deciphered that Beethoven's original intention was to write two separate symphonies, and the Ninth is what resulted from his simultaneous work on both. Evidently, he intended his two symphonies to consist of a London symphony, which would be instrumental; and a German symphony, setting Schiller's "An die Freude" to a different tune than the one he finally used in the Ninth (Cook 13-14)."

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