5th Symphony facts
While investigating facts about 5th Symphony, I found out little known, but curios details like:
During the Siege of Leningrad, the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra played Tchaikovsky's 5th at a performance to boost morale. During the 2nd Movement, bombs started to fall nearby. The orchestra never stopped playing and continued to the last note.
"Smoke on the Water" riff is an interpretation of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Played Backwards.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 6 of the best facts about 5th Symphony I managed to collect.
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Walter Murphy, the composer of the Disco adaptation of Beethoven's 5th symphony known as "A Fifth of Beethoven", has also served as one of the main composers for the TV show Family Guy since 1999
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Beethoven's 5th symphony was also known as the Victory Symphony. Coincidentally, the Roman numeral V is 5. Also, V in Morse code is short-short-short-long, similar to the opening motif.
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A writer asked Beethoven about the reason for the unusual opening for the 5th symphony and its meaning. Beethoven answered: "‘The beginning sounds and means: You are too dumb.’"
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In the movie V for Vendetta, the letter "V" is hidden everywhere: Fireworks, bloodstain, flags, clock... My favorite one is in the 4 first musical notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ = "V" in morse code
