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[โ€“] turmacar@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IIRC the speed of the 9th symphony is somewhat controversial because what markings we have on original sheetmusic are significantly faster than it's normally played.

Symphony music in general is going to vary a decent bit depending on what bpm(s) the conductor is choosing.

[โ€“] addie@feddit.uk 11 points 5 months ago

Any decent conductor is going to to vary the beat based on how long it takes for sound to fill the venue in question. Beethoven's choices for the music halls in Vienna might have made sense then, but not so much today.

One of the things that's always annoyed the conductors that I've worked with is that we always ignore the dynamics in his music. Beethoven's markings are expressive, subtle. And we always play his stuff louder than indicated.