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20 hours ago · Title: Piano Concerto No.4, op.58, G major. Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Last time performed by the Rhode Island Philharmonic: Last performed November 15, 2008 with Larry Rachleff conducting and soloist Jeremy Denk. In addition to a solo piano, this piece is scored for flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two ...
13 hours ago · There is some debate as to when Beethoven composed his Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat. For nearly two centuries, it was believed the composer wrote it in 1794 as a kind of showpiece to use during his Vienna debut in 1795. But some recent scholarly investigations have pinned at least the first two movements as being written earlier, in 1789 and ...
2 days ago · In April, Beethoven completed writing his Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, which the musicologist Alfred Einstein has called "the apotheosis of the military concept" in Beethoven's music.
- 17 December 1770
- 26 March 1827 (aged 56), Vienna
3 days ago · The words ‘symphony’ and ‘concerto’ crop up time and time again in classical music. From the famous Symphony No.5 of Ludwig van Beethoven and the magnificent final symphony, Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’, of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto in E minor, many famous pieces bear these words.
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20 hours ago · Beethoven composed works in all the main genres of classical music, including symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano sonatas and opera. His compositions range from solo works to those requiring a large orchestra and chorus. Beethoven straddled both the Classical and Romantic periods, working in genres associated with Wolfgang Amadeus ...
1 day ago · Banker Baron Eskeles sends Beethoven a note asking for 6 tickets to the concert Sunday. His daughter Marie (1801-1862) sends her thanks for the kind things Ludwig wrote in her autograph book. [He wrote the canon “Der edle Mensch sei hülfreich und gut,” WoO 151 on January 20, 1823 for her, which was quite kind indeed.] The Baron invites ...
2 days ago · He wrote a lot of music, but he is mainly remembered today for being the soloist who premiered Beethoven’s violin concerto. Bonus fact: Clement’s violin concerto premiered in 1805 at the same public concert that the full-length Eroica Symphony was premiered at! Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)
