Orchestra (2.2.2.2 -
2.2.0.0 - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-14610
Urtext based on the
new Complete Edition (G.
Henle Verlag).
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by
Armin Raab. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
The
study score
(,,Studien-Edition) is
available at G.
Henle Verlag.
Symphony; Classical. Full
score. 96 pages. Duration
35'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 14610.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-14610).
ISBN
9790004211144. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Beethoven
did not work continuously
on this symphony and
interrupted his work a
couple of times. As the
sketches show, he
presumably wrote down
first ideas in the autumn
of 1800.No other
autograph material has
survived. As Ferdinand
Ries, a pupil of
Beethoven, bitterly
reports, Beethoven gave
him the autograph, but it
was unfortunately stolen
by a friend, out of pure
friendship. In April
1803, the composition was
premiered publicly,
together with the first
symphony and the third
piano concerto with
Beethoven himself as
soloist. Although
Beethoven's first two
symphonies are still
influenced by Haydn and
Mozart, novelties can
already be discovered.
The second symphony
starts breaking away from
traditional forms and
lets us surmise the
monumentality of
Beethoven's innovation.
The editor, Armin Raab,
critically illuminates
the transmission of the
work and its sources. He
also clears up a wide
spread belief in older
literature, that this
cheerful work might have
been composed parallel to
the Heiligenstadter
Testament. The practical
performance material by
Breitkopf & Hartel is
based on the music text
of the New Beethoven
Complete Edition and
constitutes the
authoritative reading of
Beethoven research.