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As Lockwood states, the ending seems to confirm the peace of nature and the peace of the soul that the work had promised from the beginning, the feeling for which the composer had been longing all his life. (Beethoven’s Symphonies, 140.) —Contributors: WZ, YS, ZW, MER . Beethoven’s Words “It is left to the listener to discover the ...
Form. A typical performance usually lasts around 30–40 minutes. The work is in four movements: First Movement: Allegro con brio. Listen: First Movement. Please listen to the first movement performed by the Fulda Symphony. 00:00. 00:00. The first movement opens with the four-note motif discussed above, one of the most famous in Western music.