Beethoven: Wellington's Victory Op. 91 'Battle Symphony' (Full Score) - Softcover

Beethoven, Ludwig Van; Music Scores

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486422046 ISBN 13: 9780486422046

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2002

Synopsis

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First performed in December 1813 as part of a program to benefit Austrian and Bavarian soldiers wounded at the Battle of Hanau, Wellington's Victory (also known as "The Battle of Vittoria" or "The Battle Symphony") was originally commissioned by a promoter and inventor acquaintance of Beethoven's, named Johann Nepomuk MSlzell. He wished to use the piece and Beethoven's celebrity as the world's greatest composer to play on the patriotic sympathies of British audiences for his own financial gain. However, the work proved so popular and profitable in Viennese concert halls, there was no need for a tiring journey to England. And indeed, the piece has retained its popularity with concert audiences ever since, due to its fervent theatricality and spectacular sound effects (including cannons) which attempt to recreate the life-and-death drama of a great battle. The work is reprinted here from the authoritative Breitkopf & HSrtel Complete Works edition. Republication of Wellington's Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria ("Wellington's Victory or the Battle of Vittoria"), Breitkopf & HSrtel, Leipzig, 1813.

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About the Author:

The triumphant genius of Ludwig van Beethoven (17701827) casts a long shadow over classical music no other composer of the past two centuries has exercised an influence more profound than his. A product of the classicist generation, he was the first of the Romantics, and his exhilarating works remain undiminished in their powers of enchantment."

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0486422046
• ISBN 13: 9780486422046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96