Always excepting certain unforgettable moments, he is not equal to Mozart in melody, to Schubert in harmonic genius, to Bach in counterpoint… One may fairly conclude that Beethoven’s forte lies rather in the combination of all musical elements, and that sense of inevitability results from the perfection of adjustment among the elements.”It is that spirit of musical crossword creation that we hear in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. The study “Harmonic Rhythm in Beethoven Symphonies” in the 1957 The Music Review, reprinted in the University of California’s Journal of Musicology in 2001, is one such example.“One is repeatedly confused by Beethoven’s seeming lack of pre-eminence in the various component parts of music. Anyways, I searched the entire web and cant find a decent sheet for the 3rd Movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony (allegro).Sometimes the hunt for that magic in music is as much literal as metaphorical. I apologize if this is the wrong place to post it.
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A final ominious rumbling ostionato in the lower strings deceptively culminates in the double forte orchestral victory… as well as the victory of Beethoven in his ability to capture his muse’s moment of inevitabilty, both then and enduringly centuries later.
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