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  “Primavera“, or “Spring“ (1478 – 1482) 

 

            Sandro Botticelli

 

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here’s a violin sonata from Beethoven, 

1801, his No. 5, in F major, Op. 24, 

nicknamed “Spring“, it is ebullient

 

Beethoven is more forthright than 

Mozart, he’s passionate, wears his 

heart on his sleeve, is tender, then

rambunctious, you’ll hear it in the 

extremes of volume, loud, soft, 

often with spontaneous outbursts,

it’s like talking to a friend, the 

appeal is emotional, personal, 

where Mozart was earlier decorative, 

it’s the Romantic Era taking over 

from the Classical

 

you’ll notice also that Beethoven is

chipping away at the conventions,

there are four movements here

instead of just three, he’s saying 

that his stuff is not just decorative 

but important, Beethoven has 

something to say, he’s got a story 

to tell, there’s even a narrative feel

to his composition, like there’s a 

conclusion to his story, a point

 

we’ve moved from a variety of 

artefacts, disparate pieces, to a 

cohesive and meaningful entity

 

the sonata is a trinity, three 

essences in one

 

 

R ! chard