Wellington's victory : op. 91 : Battle symphony : in full score / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Standardized Title:

Wellingtons Sieg

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Symphonies--Scores.

Symphonies.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Songs and music.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Symphonies.

Scores.

Songs.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 score (xiv, 78 pages) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Battle symphony

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, [2002]

Summary:

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 Malzell. 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 & Hartel Complete Works edition.

Notes:

Includes Beethoven's original performance instructions, in German and English.

"A republication of Wellington's Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria, op. 91, published originally by C. Haslinger, Vienna"--T.p., verso.

ISBN:

0486422046

OCLC:

50679238