What’s monumental about the work you chose:

 Instantly and ironically recognizable by any audience, including non-musicians

 Great sense of power and depth throughout each movement
 The infamous “da da da da” is elaborated, transformed, and carried throughout the
entire symphony in an exciting, dramatic sense
 Expanded the orchestral repertoire. Added piccolo contrabassoon, trombone.

How does it relate to the Getty

 “Monumentality evokes an aura of greatness, a sense of power and gravity that
demands public recognition.”
-Beethoven: The Fifth Symphony was premiered on 22 December 1808 at a mammoth concert
at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna consisting entirely of Beethoven premieres, and directed
by Beethoven himself on the conductor's podium. The concert lasted for more than four hours. 
 “Scale and size have figured prominently in human efforts to mark cosmic and
geological time, from patterns etched on land in ancient rituals to earthworks created
in the 1970s”

-ETA Hoffmann review of the premiere: “Radiant beams shoot through this region's deep night,
and we become aware of gigantic shadows which, rocking back and forth, close in on us and
destroy everything within us except the pain of endless longing—a longing in which every
pleasure that rose up in jubilant tones sinks and succumbs, and only through this pain, which,
while consuming but not destroying love, hope, and joy, tries to burst our breasts with full-
voiced harmonies of all the passions, we live on and are captivated beholders of the spirits.”

- Reinterpreted during the Nazi period, called one of the three main composers that
represented the glory of the third reich and the power of the Aryan race.
- According to Goebbels, the three greatest composers were Beethoven, Wagner

What Should Future Audiences learn or retain from your chosen composition?
-unlike Bach’s music, Beethoven’s 5th was always great received, being featured in the inaugural
concerts of the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra
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