Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor was written in 1804-1808. In the catalog of Beethoven's works it is Opus 67. The symphony is one of the most popular and well-known compositions in all of classical music, and is

Books

• Bookspan, Martin (1973). 101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers, p. 50-52. New York: Doubleday & Company.
• Hopkins, Antony (1981). The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven (Scolar Press, ISBN 1-859-28246-6).
• The quotation from Schindler above is taken from his Biographie von Ludwig van Beethoven, first published 1860. English translation by Constance Jolly, edited by Donald W. MacArdle, published under the title Beethoven as I Knew Him; London: Faber and Faber, 1966.