factor, the music was of a new dimension. " For the first time in music ...the two contradictory functions are inextricably fused..." ( Simpson 58). The whole symphony is a structural summation of classical possibilities, all expressed in a huge design. Beethoven took the two great divisions of music ( choral and orchestral) and adopted a style of mixed music capable as serving as a connective link. ( Berlioz 105)The Ninth Symphony traces a path from darkness to light. The first three movements are named as followed: 1. Allegro ma non troppo un poco maestoso , 2. Molto vivace: Presto, 3.Adagio molto e cantabile-andante moderato. These first three movements involve so many different feelings and complexity that is in not comprehendible. " The first three movements of the Ninth Symphony spring from regions of the mind not directly involved with the emotional stresses of daily life" ( Simpson 57). These movements fit in a somewhat traditional structure of fast, fast, slow. Throughout them there is an extreme fluctuation of feeling. Through the feelings range from opposite extremes, there is the continuous feeling of warmth throughout them. "... state of mind that produced them [ the first three movements] was both exalted and of rare objectivity , beyond ordinary workday human emotions" ( Simpson 56). Each movement has it's own special quality. The first movement has a sort of dark tone to it, but a sense of power comes along. " The first movement with its imprint of somber majesty, does not resemble any which Beethoven had previously written" ( Berlioz 106). The second movement also has it's own distinctive quality. The scherzo, which some have called "one the greatest in existence" (Simpson 61). The sound of the first movement and the second are opposing ones. "The first is terrible and almost and imaginable sound, while the Scherzo is entrancing and delightful" (Simpson 61).The last movement will include both points of view. Beeth...
