Check out Beethoven: Symphony No.7 In A, Op.92 - 4. In the first place, this one movement is as long as entire symphonies by composers of the generation before Beethovens - and in some ways, the Finale almost seems like a multi-movement work unto. Beethovens expansion of the formal, aesthetic, and dramatic content of the classical symphony confronts the listener most forcefully in the Finale.

The second movement especially appealed to audiences, and it was not unusual for it to be performed as a separate work during the 19 th century. Unlike some of BeethovenвЂ™s works, it was immediately popular, and was repeated several times in the weeks following its premiere. After the 1808 premiere of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Beethoven ceased composing symphonic works for a few years, spending the time composing in other genres and reconsidering the symphonic genre.This symphony was premiered in December 1813, at a benefit concert for soldiers wounded in the fight against NapoleonвЂ™s army. With its ostinato (repeated rhythmic phrase) вЂ“ long-short-short-long-long вЂ“ it was a good musical fit for the gravity of the scene and the kingвЂ™s halting conviction.The premiere concert of the Seventh Symphony in 1812 was a huge success. Although contextually it seems out of place (the ultimate Austro-Germanic composer to underscore a speech about Britain going to war with Germany?), musically it was appropriate: profound and somber. The music that underscores the scene is the second movement (Allegretto) of this symphony.

Beethoven 7Th Symphony Allegro