The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume IIThayer, Alexander Wheelock
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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
7. March in F major for military band. “Composed in 1810, in Baden,
for Archduke Anton--3rd Summer-month.”
8. String Quartet, F minor. Op. 95. The autograph manuscript
preserved in the Royal Imperial Court Library at Vienna bears the
inscription: “~Quartetto serioso~--1810--in the month of October.
Dedicated to Herr von Zmeskall and written in the month of October
by his friend L. v. Beethoven.”
The publications of the year were:
1. “Das Lied aus der Ferne.” Published by Breitkopf and Härtel, in
February.
2. “Andenken,” song by Matthison. Breitkopf and Härtel, in March.
3. The opera “Leonore,” in two acts, etc., without overture and
finales. Breitkopf and Härtel, in March.
4. ~Sestetto pour 2 Clarinettes, 2 Cors et 2 Bassons, par L. v.
Beethoven.~ In parts, by Breitkopf and Härtel, in April.
5. ~Ouverture à grand Orchestre de l’Opéra Leonore, etc.~
(“Leonore, No. 3”), by Breitkopf and Härtel, in July.
6. Five Songs: Lied aus der Ferne (“Als mir noch die
Thräne”--thirteen pages composed stanza by stanza, newly
published); Der Liebende (“Welch’ ein wunderbares Leben”); Der
Jüngling in der Fremde (“Der Frühling entblühet”); An den fernen
Geliebten (“Einst wohnten süsse Ruh”); Der Zufriedene (“Zwar schuf
das Glück hienieden”), published in “Achtzehn deutsche Gedichte mit
Begleitung des Pianoforte von verschiedenen Meistern ... Erzherzog
Rudolph ... gewidmet von C. L. Reissig,” by Artaria and Co.,
Vienna, in July.
7. “Die Sehnsucht von Goethe, mit vier Melodien nebst
Clavierbegleitung....” No. 38, Vienna and Pesth, Kunst-und
Industrie-Comptoir, in September. A later edition bears the imprint
of S. A. Steiner and Co.
8. ~Variations pour le Pianoforte composées et dediées à son Ami
Oliva par L. v. Beethoven. Œuv. 76.~ Breitkopf and Härtel, in
October.
9. ~Quatuor pour deux Violons, etc., composé et dedié à son Altesse
le Prince régnant de Lobkowitz, Duc de Raudnitz, par, etc.~ Op. 74.
Breitkopf and Härtel, in November.
10. Six Songs with accompaniment for the Pianoforte. Op. 75.
Dedicated to Princess Kinsky. Breitkopf and Härtel, in November.
Mignon (“Kennst du das Land”); Neue Liebe, neues Leben (“Herz, mein
Herz”); Aus Goethe’s Faust (“Es war einmal ein König”); Gretel’s
Warnung (“Mit Liebesblick und Spiel und Sang”); An den fernen
Geliebten (“Einst wohnten süsse Ruh”); Der Zufriedene (“Zwar schuf
das Glück hienieden”). The last two had been published in July in
Reissig’s Collection (see No. 6).
11. ~Fantaisie pour le Pianoforte composée et dediée à son Ami
Monsieur le Conte François de Brunswick par L. v. Beethoven.~ Op.
77. Breitkopf and Härtel, in November.
12. ~Sonate pour le Pianoforte composée et dediée à Madame la
Comtesse Thérèse de Brunswick, etc.~ Op. 78. Breitkopf and Härtel,
in November.
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