<P> The key of the Fifth Symphony, C minor, is commonly regarded as a special key for Beethoven, specifically a "stormy, heroic tonality". Beethoven wrote a number of works in C minor whose character is broadly similar to that of the Fifth Symphony . Writer Charles Rosen says, </P> <P> Beethoven in C minor has come to symbolize his artistic character . In every case, it reveals Beethoven as Hero. C minor does not show Beethoven at his most subtle, but it does give him to us in his most extroverted form, where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise . </P> <P> It is commonly asserted that the opening four - note rhythmic motif (short - short - short - long; see above) is repeated throughout the symphony, unifying it . "It is a rhythmic pattern (dit - dit - dit - dot *) that makes its appearance in each of the other three movements and thus contributes to the overall unity of the symphony" (Doug Briscoe); "a single motif that unifies the entire work" (Peter Gutmann); "the key motif of the entire symphony"; "the rhythm of the famous opening figure...recurs at crucial points in later movements" (Richard Bratby). The New Grove encyclopedia cautiously endorses this view, reporting that "(t) he famous opening motif is to be heard in almost every bar of the first movement--and, allowing for modifications, in the other movements ." </P> <P> There are several passages in the symphony that have led to this view . For instance, in the third movement the horns play the following solo in which the short - short - short - long pattern occurs repeatedly: </P>

What is the rhythm of the opening motive of beethovens fifth symphony
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