Ludwig van Beethoven

Das Streichorchester ist folgendermaßen besetzt: Violine I Violine II Viola Violoncello Kontrabass Mit Ausnahme des Kontrabasses sind die Stimmen zumeist in zwei geteilt. Der Stimmensatz enthält die S...

Instrumentation: 2.2.2.bcl.2 - 4230 - timp - perc(1): tgl/susp.cym/cyms/BD - strings I orchestrated about half of Beethoven's 'Rule Britannia' Piano Variations in 1980 for Carl Davis' score for the 19...

Completed in 1804, the Eroica Symphony marked a profound turning point in Beethoven's personal and professional life. Confronted by severe and progressive hearing loss, the composer drew upon immense...

Written in 1808.

One of music’s most far-reaching innovators, Beethoven revolutionised symphonic form, achieving in his nine symphonies a musical monument that ranks among the great artistic accomplishments of h...

The original manuscript of the work has been lost, but a copy with corrections in the composer's hand, dating presumably from 1804, has come down to us. Beethoven added the following comment on the ti...

The symphony was first performed together with Symphony No. 5 (in C minor) at a concert given from Beethoven's works in the Theater an der Wien on the 22nd December 1808. Both symphonies were namely c...