AGE 27 THROUGH AGE 28 - [1798]
HAYDN YEARS [1794 - 1799]
WORKS CREATED
| op 9: Trios #1, 2, 3 | Completed early in the year under publication contract for March 16th. |
| op 10#3: Piano Sonata #7 in D [grand] | Composed early in the year. "The pictured soul-state of a melancholy being" [L.Dec pg125]. Ded to Countess Browne. |
| op 11: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano | |
| op 12: 3 Violin Sonatas: Violin Sonata #1 in D, Violin Sonata #2 in A, Violin Sonata #3 in E | |
| op 13: Piano Sonata #8 in c "Pathetique" | (1st pub.12/1799) (Beethoven instructed Ries to add a few notes to Rondo before publication; this was unusual for him [Wegeler/Ries p94]) |
| op 14#1: Piano Sonata #9 in E | (less dramatic) (4-7 w/ 1st sketches 1795) |
| op 15: Piano Concerto #1 in C | Piano Concerto #2 was actually written 1st. (1st sketches1795.) (pub 1801) |
| op 18: Writing of 6 st. quartets | [large project] Begun in August with most of the work done over the next 2 years (1799-1800). (This group of 6 was patterned after Haydn demonstrating his competency in emulation.) (Writing order: 3,1,2,5,4,6 w/ last 3 more expansive & inventive) (#1 Adagio: Burial vault scene: R.&Juliet) |
| op 19: 2nd concerto revised, | written out Sept-Oct. (B. felt this was not his best work in a letter to his publisher referring to op15 & op19) |
| op 20: Septet begun | (completed 1800). (Piano arr. of op38) |
| op 51#2: Rondo in G | |
| op 129: Rondo a capriccio "Die wut uber den verlornen groschen" | |
| WoO 29: March in Bb | (see Hess 107) |
| WoO 121: Song "Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Burger" | |
| WoO 125: Song, "La tiranna" | (1st attempt @ English text) |
| WoO 127: Song, "Neue Liebe, neues Leben" | |
| WoO 128: Song, "Plaisir d'aimer" | |
| WoO 205a: "Baron, Baron, Baron" | (musical quip in letter to Zmeskall #29) |
| Hess 36: String Quartet arr. of the Fugue from overture to Handel's Solomon. | |
| Hess 139: Song, "Minnesold von Burger, in Tonen an Amenda ausbezahlt | (lost) |
| Not Classified: Song, "Meine Lebenszeit Verstreicht" in g | (lost) |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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LIFE NOTES
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OTHER NOTES
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| Early | Compositions early in the year: Piano Sonatas op10 (completed), Trios op9 (under contract for pub. March 16), Trio op11; Violin Sonatas op12. | |
| Feb 5 | General Bernadotte, Emissary of the French Directoroire, arrived in Vienna. | |
| Early | General Bernadotte along w/ several others, including violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer suggested to B. that he compose a "heroic" symphony to theme of General Bonaparte. [Kerman p23] | |
| Mar 29 | Beethoven and Schuppanzigh performed a Violin Sonata (possibly from op12). | |
| Apr 10 | Lenz von Breuning died in Bonn at age 21. | |
| Apr-July | Piano Sonata op14#1 composed | |
| July 21 | Publication announcement for Trios, op9 | |
| July-Aug | First use of sketchbooks rather than single leaves of paper. | |
| Aug | Quartets op18 begun | |
| Sept-Oct | 2nd Piano Concerto revised with new score written. | |
| Sept 22 | Publication announcement for Cello Variations, op66 | |
| Sept 26 | Publication announcement for Piano Sonatas, op10 | |
| ? | 1st reported humming, whistling sounds & fear of progressive hearing loss. | |
| Oct 3 | Publication announcement for Trios, op11 (First issue of Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung with Rocklitz editor.) | |
| Oct | Left for Prague-two successful concerts & a private recital (Piano concertos 1 and 2 performed). | |
| Oct 27 | B. performed a piano concerto in Vienna. (#1 and/or #2?) | |
| Dec | Violin Sonatas, op12 published. |