beethoven vs mozart
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Election Time
It's the first Tuesday in November and every candidate in the United States is making one last plea for your vote. The two candidates in a particular election have agreed to one, last debate before the polls open. The candidates in this election are the first movements of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. They have each spent the last several months presenting their views and arguments as to why they are the better choice for the job and are hoping their final argument, in sonata form, will be persuasive enough to sway you to their side and earn your vote. When asked to choose between the two, a question necessarily arises: which is more compelling, an intellectual argument or a passionate exclamation? Though both arguments are extremely compelling, the final vote found Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor to be more persuasive because of its clarity of argument, sophistication and refinement.
As we examine the two candidate's arguments, we can see that each one has a distinct style and mode of expression. Mozart's symphony is clearly more conservative than Beethoven's...