This work premiered in Vienna in 1808 along with a work that opens with a four-note "fate" motif.
A theme parodying poor musicians is heard before the long coda in this piece's last movement, which ends with two fortissimo chords. The timpani and piccolo only play in the fourth movement, in which the violins use staccato to imitate raindrops. This work premiered in Vienna in 1808 along with a work that opens with a four-note "fate" motif. Different instruments represent different birds in its second movement, and its third movement depicts the "Merry gathering of country folk." Also depicting a "Scene by the Brook," it is the only symphony by its composer in five movements. For 10 points, name this work by Ludwig van Beethoven often called the Pastoral Symphony.
A theme parodying poor musicians is heard before the long coda in this piece's last movement, which ends with two fortissimo chords.
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major [or Beethoven's Sixth Symphony; or Symphony No. 6 after "Beethoven" is read; or Pastoral Symphony before it is read]