Orchestra (picc.2.2.2.2 -
2.2.2.0 - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-14616
Pastoral Symphony -
Urtext based on the new
Complete Edition (G.
Henle Verlag).
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by Jens
Dufner. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
The
study score
(,,Studien-Edition) is
available at G. Henle
Verlag
Symphony;
Classical. Full score.
112 pages. Duration 40'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
14616. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-14616).
ISBN
9790004214916. 10 x 12.5
inches.
It was only
shortly after the 5th
Symphony that Beethoven
completed the Pastoral
Symphony. The two formed
a complementary work
pair, consigned together
to a patron in June 1808,
publicly premiered in
Vienna in December 1808,
and published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in the
spring of 1809. During
this period, Beethoven
revised the symphony
several times. Only in
the course of preparing
for publication did
Beethoven send Breitkopf
& Hartel a letter,
together with a list of
corrections, disclosing
the title that he
desired, Pastoral
Symphony or recollections
of country life. More an
expression of feeling
than painting. The
Pastoral with its
tone-painting elements
gives evidence of
Beethoven's closeness to
nature, characterizing in
five movements his
various experiences and
images of nature. Based
on the music text of the
Beethoven Complete
Edition, the new
performance material of
this recently published
edition presents the
current, authoritative
status of Beethoven
research for this
work.
