1. I believe the correct answer is: going deaf, income
reduction and health problems.
The events in Beethoven's life which influenced his music
career were going deaf, income reduction and health problems. Beethoven started
going deaf when he was 26 years old and on the peak of his career, but the
deafness took its tool and he soon went completely deaf. His deafness
influenced with his income problems, as he couldn’t compose and have concerts
anymore. Apart from this, he had health problems, especially with liver as he
drank too much alcohol.
2. I believe the correct answer is: no one was in
favor of the symphony.
After the premiere of the “Eroica Symphony”, critics and
the public (amateurs) were not in favor of it and it was immediately denounced.
But two years after the premiere, the “Eroica” was characterized as "the
greatest, most original, most artistic and, at the same time, most interesting
of all symphonies."
3. I personally like Beethoven’s “The Symphony No.
3” in E♭
major, Op. 55 in four movements for the melody and the tune of the symphony are
relaxing and soothing. Apart from that it is well written, considering length,
harmony, and perceived emotional content.
4. I believe the correct answer is: the role of
hero.
Beethoven dedicated the “Eroica
Symphony” to Napoleon Bonaparte and gave him the role of the hero, because he
believed that Bonaparte was the embodied the democratic and anti-monarchical
ideals of the French Revolution. Beethoven later re-dedicated thissymphony to
Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz.
I believe the
correct answer is: no, he didn’t.
When Napoleon
Bonaparte proclaimed and crowned himself as the Emperor of the French in 1804,
Beethoven was enraged because his ideals were broken, he stated: “"So he
is no more than a common mortal! Now, too, he will tread under foot all the
rights of Man, indulge only his ambition; now he will think himself superior to
all men, become a tyrant!"
5. I believe the correct answer is: patrons
commissioned his works for publication and had the exclusive copies and
concerts.
Even though Beethoven has earned his income from teaching,
public performances and publications of his works, he was greatly depending on
the generosity of his patrons. But, the patrons commissioned his works for
publication and had the exclusive copies and concerts.
6. I believe the correct answer is: to expand
harmony and create the variety of musical experiences.
Beethoven uses contrasting keys in the symphony to exploit
the contrasting key’s emotional power – to express his emotions with the keys
he played. He did that expanding the harmony and the variety of musical
experiences that sound different than in the other symphonies.
7. I believe the correct answer is: the emotional quality
it gives off.
The emotional quality is what determinates the key’s
character, which can be subdivided in two parts – minor and major key. However,
the instrumental tuning often helps distinguishing that each key, whether it is
minor or major, have a different sound.
8. I believe the correct answer is: the better
understanding of the audible experience may deepen the connection with the
work.
The knowing about the piece’s themes and the interaction of
the orchestra helps to understand the work, the emotions it intends to show,
and deepen one’s connection to the work through the narration under the video
of the symphony orchestra helps to show us what is happening in the symphony.
