Explore the Eroica score to learn how Beethoven created this masterpiece. Learn how Beethoven wove the themes in Eroica to shape the emotional journey of the music. Find out why keys were so important to Beethoven. Hear insights about the music from MTT and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony. And then, explore the stories behind the Eroica.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In Symphony No. 3, first movement, Beethoven builds the first theme from three basic motives. See how these motives construct the theme, and then how Beethoven expands and augments the theme throughout the movement.
 

Classical Style Period – 1750 – 1820

By the middle of the 18th century, faith in the power of reason was so great that itbegan to undermine the authority of the social and religious establishment.Philosophers and writers referred to this age as “The Age of Enlightenment”.