Format : Sheet music
Concert 04 G Op.58
SKU: BR.OB-14620-27
ISBN 9790004335888. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto no. 4 in 1805, thus contemporaneously with the opera Fidelio and the Symphonies nos. 5 and 6. The first performance took place on 22 December 1808 at the now legendary academy (subscription concert) in which Beethoven presented the two new symphonies and the Choral Fantasy op. 80 to the Viennese public for the first time. The work was first published that year by Breitkopf & Hartel. The autograph of the score is no longer extant. The principal source of the musical text on which the present edition is based is a scribal copy examined and corrected by Beethoven.
SKU: BR.PB-14614
The study score (Studien-Edition) is available at G. Henle Verlag.
ISBN 9790004214893. 10 x 12.5 inches.
The genesis of Beethoven's 4th symphony came at an extraordinary time for the composer not only regarding productivity: Thus, in 1806 he composed, among other things, the 4th piano concerto, the three Rasumovsky string quartets op. 59, the 32 piano variations in c minor WoO 80, as well as the violin concerto op. 61. The first performance of the B-flat-major symphony occurred in March 1807 at one of the two noteworthy subscription concerts conducted by Beethoven in the Palais Lobkowitz in Vienna. In the course of time, this intellectually-stimulating work- so described by one of the reviewers of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung - found ever-increasing appeal. Throughout the entire 19th century this symphony ranked with the best-loved and most frequently performed works; its popularity spread to England where the London Philharmonic Society played it at least 25 times in the period between 1813 and 1850.Extant are only a few drafts of the 4th symphony. The autograph served as the main source for the present edition edited by Prof. Bathia Churgin, likewise editor of the 3rd symphony in the new Beethoven Complete Edition. Consulted as reference sources were copies of the score and orchestral parts as well as the original edition of the parts.
SKU: BR.OB-14620-19
ISBN 9790004335864. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14620-23
ISBN 9790004335871. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.PB-14620
The piano reduction and the study score (,,Studien-Edition) are available at G. Henle Verlag.
ISBN 9790004211038. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14620-15
ISBN 9790004335840. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14620-16
ISBN 9790004335857. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14614-23
ISBN 9790004343586. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: HL.50086410
UPC: 884088238643. 5.25x7.5x1.16 inches.
Contents: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 * Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19 * Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 * Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 * Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (Emperor).
