Beethoven's Seventh Symphony

Beethoven's seventh symphony has been well known for two things, the second movement and the obsessive rhythmic repetition that marks the whole piece. Let's start in the introduction, a majestic and noble opening to a piece that will end up being more raucous than anything else beethoven had ever written for orchestra. After a second outburst and a quintessential beethovenan moment of anticipation, the music reaches what seems like a breaking point. We've arrived on the note e, which is the resolving note to a major, the key of the first movement. The only thing that changes is the rhythm. 35 ease in a row. If any other composer did this, they