451.Tristan Chord/foreshortening Beethoven

Reader86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWg_cZkDho

In the context of his philosophy, the Tristan chord might be regarded as representing the Will, which is also Eros, the origin of desire and yearning. Wagner might have chosen any dissonant chord to achieve this.

Reader86

English term or phrase: foreshortening
A composition technique (which is made great use of by Beethoven) by means of which musical material is gradually condensed and more concentrated, thus leading to an intensification of dynamics and overall atmosphere of the piece. A particularly good example of the use of this technique is the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata op. 2, no. 1 or the first movement of Sonata op. 54.


Whole sections can be foreshortened; there are foreshortened phrases or parts of phrases, foreshortened successions of rhythmic values or rhythmic sections, foreshortened harmonic progressions (often combined with rhythmic foreshortening). (Alfred Brendel, "Form and Psychology in Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas")

Reader86

In writing about the work, Messiaen identified four cyclic themes that reappear throughout; there are other themes specific to each movement.[8] In the score the themes are numbered, but in later writings he gave them names to make them easier to identify, without intending the names to have any other, literary meaning.
        Introduced by trombones and tuba, this is the statue theme. According to Messiaen, it has the oppressive, terrible brutality of ancient Mexican monuments, and has always evoked dread. It is played in a slow tempo, pesante.[b]
        This is the flower theme. It is introduced by two clarinets.
        This theme, the most important of all, is the love theme. It appears in many different guises, from hushed strings in movement 6, to a full orchestral treatment in the climax of the finale.
        A simple chain of chords, used to produce opposing chords on the piano and crossing counterpoints in the orchestra.