Novlis said, “Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.” He died in 1801; Beethoven’s Fifth came out in 1808. Perhaps the German Enlightenment was on to something when it ...

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 traced a progression “from darkness to light,” he added, while the overture, written for Beethoven’s political prison break opera “Fidelio,” represented the ...

Symphony number one in C major was his first ... especially on weaker beats. Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5 is a good example of how Beethoven’s symphonic style develops.