Ludwig van Beethoven
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 112
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage op. 112
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Orchestra
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Editor Sven Hiemke
- Edition Piano Reduction Download
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV10395-03-DL
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Beethoven's Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt op. 112 for four-part mixed choir and symphonic orchestra - the setting of a pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - defies clear genre classification and is best categorized as a choral ode. Although Beethoven never sailed the sea, his composition, premiered in 1815, is still astonishing today: the composer musicalized the smooth surface of the motionless water and the oppressive stillness of the wind, which in the age of sailing ships meant nothing other than immobility, travel delays and dwindling food supplies, just as intensively as the freshening, ever-increasing wind with which Aeolus, the god of the winds, finally makes the longed-for "Happy Voyage" possible. The composed stillness of the motionless sea is conveyed in a consistently low register, in which the choir performs the first poem to the flat pianissimo sounds of the strings. The musical depiction of the "immense expanse" offers a moment of surprise, in which the vocal-instrumental movement suddenly crescendos into forte and changes into a sound spanning more than five octaves. The "Glückliche Fahrt", on the other hand, is composed in restless compound meters, whose flowing movement with diatonic scales evokes joyful excitement and confidence. The work is also dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whom Beethoven emphatically admired throughout his life.
The work is now presented in a new critical edition based on the performance score, which Beethoven checked and corrected, and the first edition.
The work is now presented in a new critical edition based on the performance score, which Beethoven checked and corrected, and the first edition.
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