How Beethoven made the Fifth Symphony


The first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, directed by Herbert von Karajan, with an animated graphical score.
FAQ

Q: What do the colors mean?
A: There are two versions of this video. In the original version …

• How Beethoven made the Fifth Symphony
… the colors are assigned to instruments:
flutes yellow-green
oboes green
clarinets blue-green
bassoons cyan
horns/trumpets yellow
timpani white
1st violins red
2nd violins pink
violas violet
violoncellos purple
contrabasses blue-purple
… and in the second version …

• Beethoven, Symphony 5, 1st movement (…
… the colors are assigned according to pitch (see https://www.musanim.com/HarmonicColor… for an explanation of how this works).

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