Alex Siegal 10/22 Presentation – Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

Columbia College c/o 2021, Economics-Political Science

I selected the visual piece of a building being constructed to mirror the composition of Beethoven’s most famous symphony. The construction of the skyscraper brings it steadily upward, just as E.T.A. Hoffmann describes a composition that “in a climax that climbs on and on, leads the listener imperiously forward into the spirit world of the infinite!”

And also like this building, the symphony is carefully constructed from a large series of similar, but not identical, base components that create varying levels of complexity and ultimately build the entire piece.