Sextet in E flat major Op. 81b
for string quartet and 2 french horns
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E flat major Op. 81b
for string quartet and 2 french horns

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E flat major Op. 81b

for string quartet and 2 french horns

  • Instrumentation 2 Horns in Eb, 2 Violins, Viola and Continuo
  • Optional Instrumentation 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Viola and Continuo
  • Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Editor Egon Voss
  • Edition Study Score (Urtext)
  • Publisher G. Henle Verlag
  • Order no. HN9955
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Description:

  • Pages: 40
  • Release: 25.02.2010
  • Weight: 98 g
  • Key: Eb major
  • Opus: 81b
  • Genre: Classical Music
  • ISMN: 9790201899558
It is hardly surprising that Beethoven did not write any more chamber music for winds after 1800. Following the change to middle-class musical culture, demand declined for buoyant serenades and divertimenti intended for court circles - a genre that Beethoven had reservations about as it was. Composed in 1795 with no known occasion in mind, his Sextet op. 81b is thus all the more remarkable, standing out on account of the unusual virtuosity of the horn parts. Our edition is the first to provide the bass part as originally intended by Beethoven: for violoncello supported by a double bass. In addition to the original horn parts in E flat, it also contains transposed parts in F.?