September 25 – September 30: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Ludwig Van Beethoven (#1)

• Read the composer's short bio here (no music links need to be watched).
• Read some of Beethoven's famous quotes: 
• "Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside." (HAHAHA)
• "I shall seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely."
• "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
• Q. 1. Write out the composer's entire name in your lesson plan.
• Q. 2. What era did this composer live/write in?
• Listen to and watch this version of Fur Elise (not written for orchestra by Beethoven, by the way!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d0LOuP4Uw
• Listen to and watch Lisitsa play Moonlight Sonata, mvt. 1 (until 5:23): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d0LOuP4Uw
• Q. 3. Name 3–5 famous pieces this composer wrote for the piano (or what is now played on the piano, if originally written for a different instrument). Use different pieces if the composer has previously been asked for.
• Q. 4. Name 3–5 stylistic characteristics of why this piece is a part of the musical era you wrote above. (Refer to the new page on the blog on the right called "Musical Period Characteristics" for help.)