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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