The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823.In the last movement...
Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are often referred to as the 'New Testament of Music' (Hans von Bülow). Since the publication of our complete edition in two volumes, experts have praised it as being the...
In Beethoven's early E-flat major wind quintet, the oboe leads throughout. It was therefore obvious to make the work accessible through a piano version while preserving the oboe part, which is faithfu...
Lieder durchziehen das Oeuvre Beethovens insbesondere in den mittleren Schaffensjahren - seien es die Zyklen op. 48, op. 52, op. 75 und op. 82, charakteristische Einzelwerke wie Adelaide op. 46 und An...
Sonata quasi una fantasia' was the title given to it by Beethoven, and yet the world of music knows it as the 'Moonlight Sonata' - an epithet that was already around during the composer's lifetime. 'T...
In a span of only eight years, between 1794-1802, Beethoven composed twenty piano sonatas, among them his so-called 'Grande Sonate Pathétique' op. 13. It marks the consummation of his Classical style,...
For half a century Henle's edition of the Beethoven sonatas - the 'New Testament' of the piano repertoire - has been universally recognized as the stan-dard starting-point for any serious study of the...
It was with the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven that the Classical Era reached its climax. Beethoven, whose figure overshadows the whole of 19th century music, was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770, the so...
Beethoven once reported that he had written down his three last piano sonatas (op. 109, 110, 111) in 1820 to 1822 in one go, and they certainly form a closely related group. The A flat major Sonata no...
At last-Beethoven's most famous melody in a full-orchestra arrangement for young, less experienced winds, strings and percussionists. Faithful to the original in orchestration and texture, this full-s...
