Peter Hauschild

Ludwig van Beethoven conceived his 7th Symphony in the summer of 1811 in the Bohemian spa town of Teplitz. The fair copy of the score autograph was made in 1812. The work was first heard on December 8...

With sovereign expertise, Hauschild manages to combine source criticism and the requirements of performance practice, while also keeping the Critical Report (included in the score, of course) concise.

The difficult balancing act between the requirements of practical usefulness and philological meticulousness has been accomplished at a level that sets the bar for comparable efforts frighteningly hig...

If anywhere, here is the symphonic interlude between the Unfinished and the C major symphonies, Alfred Einstein rates the first and most extensive of the three interludes.

'Der schwierige Spagat zwischen den Erfordernissen praktischer Brauchbarkeit und philologischer Akribie ist auf einem Niveau gegelückt, welches die Messlatte für vergleichbare Bemühungen beängstigend...

If anywhere, here is the symphonic interlude between the Unfinished and the C major symphonies, Alfred Einstein rates the first and most extensive of the three interludes.

If anywhere, here is the symphonic interlude between the Unfinished and the C major symphonies, Alfred Einstein rates the first and most extensive of the three interludes.

If anywhere, here is the symphonic interlude between the Unfinished and the C major symphonies, Alfred Einstein rates the first and most extensive of the three interludes.

A text-critical edition 'according to the sources' of the work first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885.

A text-critical edition 'according to the sources' of the work first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885.

A text-critical edition 'according to the sources' of the work first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885.

A text-critical edition 'according to the sources' of the work first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885.

A text-critical edition 'according to the sources' of the work first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885.

The new edition is based on the autograph and contemporary voice material as authentic sources.

The new edition is based on the autograph and contemporary voice material as authentic sources.

The new edition is based on the autograph and contemporary voice material as authentic sources.

The new edition is based on the autograph and contemporary voice material as authentic sources.

The new edition is based on the autograph and contemporary voice material as authentic sources.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

This key work offers a convoluted (and at the same time incomplete) source material. The autograph is lost.

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.