Violin 1 (choir: SATB -
2.2.2.2. - 4.2.0.0. -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.OB-14670-15
Urtext based on the
new Complete Edition (G.
Henle Verlag).
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by
Armin Raab. Stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
study score
(Studien-Edition) is
available at G. Henle
Verlag. Classical period.
Part. 4 pages. Duration
10'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 14670-15.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-14670-15).
ISBN
9790004337929. 10 x 12.5
inches.
In his op.
112 Beethoven sets the
two poems by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
Meeresstille (Calm Sea)
and Gluckliche Fahrt
(Prosperous Voyage).
Several sketches reveal
that Beethoven had
already begun to take an
interest in the poems by
the end of 1814. The
composer conducted the
premiere at a benefit
concert for the Viennese
Citizens' Hospital Fund
in 1815. As the
publication of this work
was long in coming, the
dedicatee Goethe received
a copy of the score only
in May 1822. A few months
later Beethoven inquired
of him: [...] how lovely
would it be to know, if I
appropriately united my
harmonies with yours.
Also enlightenment on
what is to be seen as
truth, would be dearly
appreciated, as I love
the latter above all, and
never shall be said:
Veritas odium parit.The
old but commendable
Breitkopf material has
now been definitively
replaced by the new
edition based on the
Complete
Beethoven-Edition, save
for the tried and true
piano reduction by Carl
Reinecke, which boasts
more than simply
historical merits. Its
existence is assured by
the revised and
simplified form in which
it appears in the new
piano reduction. It will
no doubt long continue
being a much appreciated
aid at choral rehearsals.
In the piano vocal score
the articulation and
dynamics were adapted to
the music text of the
Complete Edition.The sun
recently began shining
from a cloudless sky on
Beethoven's Meeres Stille
und Gluckliche Fahrt
(Calm Sea and Prosperous
Voyage) after the
publication of the piano
reduction and choral
score which signalize the
completion of the
performance material
based on the new
Beethoven Complete
Edition. (Singende
Kirche).