String quartet (double
bass ad libitum) -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49018965
Double
Bass Part. Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven
and Wolfgang Birtel. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 8
pages. Duration 13'.
Schott Music #ED20713-15.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018965).
ISBN
9790001175791.
What
do Beethoven and the
children's song Fuchs Du
hast die Gans gestohlen
have in common? Nothing,
strictly speaking.
Although the song was
written as early as 1824
(and theoretically,
Beethoven could have
known it), it has not
left deep marks on his
oeuvre. But what if he
had known it? Wolfgang
Birtel pursued this
question and, in reply to
it, conceived a symphony
for string quartet:
behind each movement is
an original symphony by
Beethoven (spiced with
quotes from other works).
The children's song
appears as the main theme
in the final movement of
Symphony No. 1, in the
famous funeral march of
Eroica, fate knocks at
the door (of the goose
house) in remembrance of
Symphony No. 5, and the
work ends with Ode to the
Roast Goose (Symphony No.
9). A funny and cleverly
arranged collage, a
performing and listening
pleasure in the footsteps
of Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Birtel
