Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was a German
composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most
admired composers in the history of Western music; his
works rank among the most performed of the classical
music repertoire and span the transition from the
Classical period to the Romantic era in classical
music. His career has conventionally been divided into
early, middle, and late periods. His early period,
during which he forged his craft, is typically
considered to have lasted until 1...(+)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was a German
composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most
admired composers in the history of Western music; his
works rank among the most performed of the classical
music repertoire and span the transition from the
Classical period to the Romantic era in classical
music. His career has conventionally been divided into
early, middle, and late periods. His early period,
during which he forged his craft, is typically
considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to
around 1812, his middle period showed an individual
development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized
as heroic. During this time, he began to grow
increasingly deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to
1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and
expression.
Beethoven was born in Bonn. His musical talent was
obvious at an early age. He was initially harshly and
intensively taught by his father, Johann van Beethoven.
Beethoven was later taught by the composer and
conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe, under whose tutelage
he published his first work, a set of keyboard
variations, in 1783. He found relief from a
dysfunctional home life with the family of Helene von
Breuning, whose children he loved, befriended, and
taught piano. At age 21, he moved to Vienna, which
subsequently became his base, and studied composition
with Haydn. Beethoven then gained a reputation as a
virtuoso pianist, and was soon patronised by Karl
Alois, Prince Lichnowsky for compositions, which
resulted in his three Opus 1 piano trios (the earliest
works to which he accorded an opus number) in 1795.
Beethoven’s Opus 71 is one of a series of works for
mixed wind instruments, which he composed in the 1790s.
In 1805 at a performance of the dance-like, lively work
in Vienna, the audience praised its "lovely melodies"
as well as the "wealth of new and surprising ideas".
Five years later Beethoven finally decided to publish
the sextet. Our edition follows the musical text in the
Beethoven Complete Edition and as usual, provides the
original horn part in E flat as well as a transposed
part in F. As a little extra it also contains the short
March WoO 29, Beethoven’s only other composition for
two clarinets, horns and bassoons.?.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven).
Although originally written for Clarinets, Trumpets and
Bassoons, I created this Interpretation of "Marsch
(March) in Bb Major" (WoO 29) for Wind Sextet (Flute,
Oboe, Bb Clarinet, English Horn, French Horn &
Bassoon).
SHEET MUSIC