Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 C minor op. 67

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The Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Op. 67), known as the "Symphony of Destiny", was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1805 and 1807, and premiered in Vienna in 1808. The composer dedicated the work to Prince Lobkowitz and Count Razumovsky, a Russian diplomat who had commissioned three of Beethoven's string quartets.
All Beethoven's genius is apparent in this symphony, which has become one of the most popular and intense compositions in music history.
It consists of four movements: Allegro con brio, Andante con moto, Scherzo - Allegro, Finale - Allegro. The third and fourth movements follow on from each other, and are even interwoven: Beethoven repeats the scherzo theme before the recapitulation of the last movement.
The work's representative motif, which appears in the very first bar of the first movement, is one of the most famous in Western music. These eight notes (sol-sol-mib, answered by fa-fa-fa-ré) played fortissimo, symbolize the power, passion and revolutionary character of Beethoven's music.