Sound Learning Monthly Feature: Beethoven's Journey Still Captivates

Sound Learning Feature for January 2005

From American Public Media's Saint Paul Sunday

This month we revisit a special from American Public Media's Saint Paul Sunday.

What is it that makes this man's music so universally popular? The connoisseurs have always revered his music - the greatest musicians and scholars, but the common man loves Beethoven's work, too - the fellow who can recognize the Fifth Symphony on the radio and hum along with the great tune at the end of the Ninth - Beethoven's his man, too. What gives this music the power to reach so many different sorts of people?

The articles in this month's feature are of particular interest to teachers and students of Arts and culture, music, and art history.

Click on these links to find instructional ideas and study guides for the material on the Saint Paul Sunday site.

Beethoven's Journey Still Captivates

Reading Comprehension

Listening Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Research Challenges

Key Terms and Topics

The student exercises provided this month are based on the Saint Paul Sunday Feature: Beethoven's Journey Still Captivates.

"Beethoven's Journey Still Captivates"

Bill McGlaughlin's Narrative "The drama of Beethoven's Life and Work"

We'll Hear Quite a Lot of Him—Beethoven's Early Life: 1770-1792

A New and Striking Voice—Beethoven's Early Period (1792-1802)

Toward A Musical Landscape—Beethoven's Middle Period (1802-1812)

Quartets for the Non-Connoisseur

Music Beyond Space and Time—Beethoven's Late Period (1819-1827)

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