{"id":211,"date":"2026-07-20T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:11:22","slug":"beethovens-seventh-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/beethovens-seventh-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"Beethoven&#8217;s Seventh Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beethoven&#8217;s symphonies were a portal to classical music after first hearing the 5th Symphony in 1969.\u00a0 \u00a0 I went on to listen to all 9 symphonies and I have retained a great love for numbers 3,4,5,6,7, and 9.\u00a0 \u00a0I have attended symphony concerts for most of these over a period of decades and I still go back for another listen, especially after YouTube added performances to watch the orchestras interpret the works.<\/p>\n<p>Symphony No. 7 was written in 1811 &#8211; 1812 as he was becoming deaf and as the Napoleonic Wars ravaged Europe.\u00a0 \u00a0 The piece was innovative, strongly rhythmic, and full of dance-like orchestral color.\u00a0 \u00a0The second movement (Allegretto in A Minor) has been universally acclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>It takes about 36 &#8211; 40 minutes to listen to the symphony, time well-spent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_89633\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rd0HnxWm5CY?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&controls=1&disablekb=0&color=red&cc_lang_pref=&rel=1&autohide=2&theme=dark&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beethoven&#8217;s symphonies were a portal to classical music after first hearing the 5th Symphony in 1969.\u00a0 \u00a0 I went on to listen to all 9 symphonies and I have retained a great love for numbers 3,4,5,6,7, and 9.\u00a0 \u00a0I have <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/beethovens-seventh-symphony\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,31],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tunes","tag-classical-music","tag-ok"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beethoven&#039;s Seventh Symphony - Tales n Tunes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/beethovens-seventh-symphony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beethoven&#039;s Seventh Symphony - Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beethoven&#8217;s symphonies were a portal to classical music after first hearing the 5th Symphony in 1969.\u00a0 \u00a0 I went on to listen to all 9 symphonies and I have retained a great love for numbers 3,4,5,6,7, and 9.\u00a0 \u00a0I have &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/beethovens-seventh-symphony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T00:11:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/beethoven.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"D. 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