Piano concerto in E-flat major, WoO 4 / Ludwig van Beethoven ; edited by Jon Ceander Mitchell.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer.

Contributor:

Mitchell, John Ceander, editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 80.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 80

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Concertos, piano, orchestra, WoO 4, E♭ major

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Piano)--Scores and parts.

Concertos (Piano).

Genre:

Scores.

Parts (Music)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xii, 99 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : facsimiles + 1 part (36 pages).

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"The Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, WoO 4, is Beethoven's earliest concerto and probably his first work to use any sort of orchestra. Probably composed in 1785, the work is a substantial one, with three fully-developed movements spread fairly evenly over its thirty-five minute length. A manuscript copy of the solo piano part (no full score has been found) contains all tutti sections as well as instrumental cues indicating an orchestra of two flutes, two horns, and strings. In 1943 a workable version for piano and orchestra assembled by Swiss musicologist Willi Hess was published, but it was a product of its time, and some liberties were taken (for instance, the endings of the second and third movements were changed). The present edition retains Beethoven's scoring and also features parts for bassoons, which would normally have played along on the bass line. The original endings of the Larghetto and Rondo have been restored, original dynamics are closely adhered to, thematic material is introduced at logical places, and interplay between the soloist and various instruments is featured at a number of locations. Beethoven tightened up this concerto by crossing out measures in all three movements, and these have been included in appendices." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Plates

Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, WoO 4

Critical report

Appendices.

Notes:

Edited principally from a non-autograph solo keyboard part in the Berlin Staatsbibliothek (Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven Artaria 125).

Piano part edited by and orchestral accompaniment realized by the editor.

Includes introduction and critical report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed April 8, 2019).

OCLC:

1099494441

Publisher Number:

C080 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)

C080P A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)