Ludwig van Beethoven

After the defeat of Napoleon during his 1813 campaign, German patriotism surged in popularity. This trend exhibited a heavy influence on the poetry and music of the time. In 1814, Friedrich Treitschke...

VESTAS FEUER (THE VESTAL FLAME) for vocal quartet and orchestra is the only surviving fragment from a planned opera by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), set to a libretto by the dramatist and impresar...

Written in 1795, Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770 — 1827) O welch ein Leben! Ein ganzes Meer for tenor and ensemble is a setting of the libretto from Austrian composer Ignaz Umlauf's 1778 singspiel...

Written in 1795, Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) Soll ein Schuh nicht drücken! for soprano and ensemble is a setting of the libretto from Austrian composer Ignaz Umlauf's 1778 singspeil Die schöne...

Written sometime between 1795-1800, Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) Primo amore piacer del ciel for soprano and ensemble is a setting of a work that may have been penned by Italian poet and librett...

Written sometime between 1795-1800, Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) Primo amore piacer del ciel for soprano and ensemble is a setting of a work that may have been penned by Italian poet and librett...

Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) choral symphony, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 was composed between 1822 and 1824, and is the last completed symphony by the composer. Considered by many to be...

Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) choral symphony, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 was composed between 1822 and 1824, and is the last completed symphony by the composer. Considered by many to be...

This march in C major begins with a stately melody with dotted-note rhythms, which is shared between the winds and strings. No section is ignored in Philip Clark's orchestration; every instrument has...

This march in C major begins with a stately melody with dotted-note rhythms, which is shared between the winds and strings. No section is ignored in Philip Clark's orchestration; every instrument has...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively through Breitkopf & Härtel. The piano reduction (HN 610) is av...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...

Exploring the Eroica was the title of the essay with which the editor emerged as early as 1998 and made a significant contribution to researching the complex tradition. The autograph of the work, comp...

The Famous One in the Leading Edition Beethoven spent a relatively long time on his 5th Symphony. Thus, first sketches can already be found from as early as 1804, four years before the work was premie...

It was only shortly after the 5th Symphony that Beethoven completed the Pastoral Symphony. The two formed a complementary work pair, consigned together to a patron in June 1808, publicly premiered in...

Since 2001 the 'Ninth' has been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Beethoven was preoccupied with his unique work for many years, since at least 1815, and still shortly before his deat...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Missa solemnis between 1819 and 1822. The present edition is based on the working copy of the score as its main source, which Beethoven probably commissioned immediat...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition.

From Beethoven's drawer Mozart was of course a great model in the genre 'piano concerto' when Ludwig van Beethoven designed his first work (B flat major op. 19) in Bonn. Thus, in 1793, the young compo...

The main differences from the available editions concern mainly articulation and dynamics in movements 1, 2 and 4. This Critical Report is a treasure trove for the practitioner ...

As with the other Beethoven reissues by Clive Brown and Peter Hauschild, the editor does not mechanically align the often very different indications in the sources for the 4th Symphony.

Well-founded re-evaluated Can there still be new readings compared to traditional editions? This is the question that editor Clive Brown has addressed, meticulously scrutinizing the often contradictor...

For the 'Fidelio' overture, composed at lightning speed in 1814, a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library today provides a reliable basis for a new text-critical edition.