Word: dreariest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first number on the program was Beethovens Symphony No. 8 in F. sometimes called the "little" symphony. Beethoven was in a quiet Austrian town when he composed it, in one of the dreariest periods of his life. Yet the Symphony contains more of the light and lively element than any of the other eight. The first movement has very little complexity of theme and is comparatively simple in detail. The second movement is the finest of the four though the end is surprising and perhaps disappointing. The minuet movement is certainly disappointing, Berlioz says of it, "somewhat ordinary." The finale...