| Symphony in F major | |
|---|---|
| No. 8 | |
| by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Beethoven_M%C3%A4hler_1815.jpg) Portrait of the composer by Joseph Willibrord Mähler in 1815, a year after the premiere of the symphony | |
| Opus | 93 |
| Composed | 1812: Teplice |
| Performed | 27 February 1814: Vienna |
| Movements | Four |
The Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little Symphony in F", distinguishing it from his Sixth Symphony, a longer work also in F.[1]
The Eighth Symphony is generally light-hearted, though not lightweight, and in many places loud, with many accented notes. Various passages in the symphony are heard by some listeners to be musical jokes.[2] As with various other Beethoven works such as the Opus 27 piano sonatas and the later Ninth Symphony, the symphony deviates from Classical tradition in making the last movement the weightiest of the four.
- ^ "Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93". NPR.
- ^ Some instances given by Hopkins 1981, pp. 224, 232, 233–234, 236–237 are: 1st mvt. bars 36–37 (bassoon mimicry), the "breaking of the metronome" passage at end of the second movement, the shift of the minuet into 2
4 time, and the hesitancy in the last movement about whether the exposition will be repeated or not.