BEETHOVEN'S WORKS BY WoO NUMBER
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
Last Updated:
March 24, 2019 6:57 PM
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MISC. INFO
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1
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Musik zu einem Ritterballett [including overture] | [play mp3 here: unheard beethoven site] | ||
2
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2 orch. pieces for Tarpeja: Triumphmarsch in C & Intro. to Act II in D | |||
2a
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Triumphal March in C for C. Kuffner's tragedy "Tarpeja" | |||
3
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Gratulations Menuett in Eb | To Karl Holz; written as tribute to Karl Hensler. 1st perf.11/3/1822 | ||
4
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Piano Concerto in Eb |
c. 1784
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Only the piano part w/ orch. cues survives | |
5
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Concerto Movement in C for Violin | Ded.to Gerhard von Breuning | ||
6
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Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in Bb | Was probably original finale to op.19 | ||
7
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12 Minuets in D, Bb, G, Eb, C, A, D, Bb, G, Eb, C, F | comp. for Grand ball of the Gesellshaft der bildenden Künstler | ||
8
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12 German Dances in C, A, F, Bb, Eb, G, C, A, F, D, G, C | |||
9
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6 Minuets in Eb, G, C, F, D, G | |||
10
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6 Minuets in Eb, G, C, F, D, G | |||
11
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7 Ländler all in D | |||
12
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* 12 Minuets | * SPURIOUS: not Beethoven's - by brother Carl | ||
13
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12 German Dances in D, Bb, G, D, F, Bb, D, G, Eb, C, A, D |
c. 1792
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14
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12 Contradanses in C, A, D, Bb, Eb, C, Eb, C, A, C, G, Eb | |||
15
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6 Ländler in D, D, D, d, D, D | |||
16
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* 12 Ecossaises | * SPURIOUS, not Beethoven's | ||
17
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* Mödling Dances | * SPURIOUS, not Beethoven's - referred to by Schindler | ||
18 #1
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March for Military Music in F | To Archduke Anton; rev1810 and added Trio 1822 | ||
18 #2
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March for Military Music in F | |||
19
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March in F |
6/1810
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added Trio in F 1822 | |
20
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March for Military Music in C |
c. 1810?
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added Trio in F 1822 | |
21
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Polonaise in D | |||
22
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Ecossaise in D | |||
23
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Ecossaise in G |
c. 1810
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24
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March for Military Music in D |
6/1816
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25
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Rondo in Eb | |||
26
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Duet for Flutes Allegro & Minuet |
8/1792
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27 #1-3
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3 Duets for Clarinet & Bassoon #1 in C, #2 in F, #3 in Bb | |||
28
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Var's for 2 oboes & horn in C, on "La' ci darem" (from Mozart's "Don Giovanni") | |||
29
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March in Bb | [also considered chamber music with winds]. See Hess 107 | ||
30
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3 Equale for Trombones |
10/1812
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Written for Franz Glöggl, Kapellmeister at Linz Cathedral | |
31
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Fugue for Organ |
c. 1783
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32
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Duet for Violin and Cello in Eb | |||
33
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Five pieces for Count Deym's mechanical clock (including Adagio in F#1) | |||
34
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Duet in A for 2 violins |
4/1822
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35
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Duet in A for 2 violins [Untexted Canon] |
8/1825
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36
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Three piano quartets in Eb, D, C | |||
37
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Trio Concertante in G for Flute, Bassoon & Piano | |||
38
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #8 in Eb |
c. 1791
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39
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello #8 in Bb Allegretto | |||
40
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12 Var's for Piano & Violin in F, (on "Se vuol ballare" frm Mozart's N. di Figaro) | |||
41
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Rondo for pianoforte and violin in G | |||
42
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6 German Dances in F, D, F, A, D, G | To "The two Countesses Thur" - Probably wife of Prince Lichnowsky (One of her 2 sisters was wife of Ct. Razumovsky; their mother was former patroness of Mozart and Haydn.) | ||
43 #1
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Sonatina: Adagio for Mandolin in |
2/1796
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4/1796
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for Countess Josephine de Clarary in Prague |
43 #2
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Adagio for Mandolin in Eb | To Countess Josephine de Clarary | ||
44 #1
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Andante & Variations for Mandolin in C |
2/1796
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4/1796
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for Countess Josephine de Clary in Prague |
44 #2
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Andante & Variations for Mandolin in D |
2/1796
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4/1796
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for Countess Josephine de Clary in Prague |
45
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12 Var' for Cello & Piano in G (on a theme in Handel's "Judas Maccabeus") | |||
46
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Var's for Cello & Piano in Eb (on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe Fühlen" from Mozart's Magic Flute) | |||
47 #1
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Pianoforte Sonata in Eb | Ded Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich; Pub. 10/14/83] | ||
47 #2
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Pianoforte Sonata in f | Ded Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich; Pub. 10/14/83] | ||
47 #3
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Pianoforte Sonata in D | Ded Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich; Pub. 10/14/83] | ||
48
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Rondo for Piano in C | |||
49
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Rondo for Piano in A | |||
50
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2 movements of a Sonata in F | Ded to Franz Wegeler | ||
51
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Easy Pianoforte Sonata in C, a fragment [portions lost] | Ded Eleonore von Breuning | ||
52
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Presto in c, Originally intended for Piano Sonata op. 10#1 |
c. 1795
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rev 1798/1822 - originally intended for P.Sonata op10#1 | |
53
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Allegretto in c for piano | |||
54
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"Lustig-traurig" in C | |||
55
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Prelude in f |
c. 1803
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56
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Bagatelle in C for Piano (allegretto) | |||
57
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Andante Favori (Andante for pianoforte in F) | orig. middle movement of sonata, op.53 | ||
58
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2 Cadenzas, (on Mozart's Piano Concerto K466,mvmnts 1&3) |
c. 1809?
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For pupil: Ferdinand Ries | |
59
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Für Elise | |||
60
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Bagattelle in Bb | |||
61
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Allegretto in b | |||
61 a
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Allegretto quasi andante in g | Ded to Sarah Burneglage | ||
62
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String quintet in C, unfinished | |||
63
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9 Var's for Piano in c, on March by Dressler | FIRST PUBLISHED WORK Ded to Countess Wolf-Metternich | ||
64
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6 Variations for Harp or Piano in F, on a Swiss Song | |||
65
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24 Variations in D, on Arietta "Venni Amore" by Righini |
7/1791
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8/1791
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66
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13 Var's for Piano & Cello in A, on "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Dittersdorf's Das rote Käppchen | |||
67
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8 Var's for Pianoforte duet in C on a theme comp. by Count von Waldstein | pub'94 | ||
68
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12 Var's in C on "Menuett a la Vigano' from Haibel's ballet Le nozze disturbate | |||
69
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9 Var's in C, on "Quant' e' piu bello" by Paisiello's La molinara | |||
70
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6 Var's in G, on "Nel cor Piu non mi sento" from Paisiello's La molinara | |||
71
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12 Var's in A, on the Russian Dance in Paul Wranitzky's ballet "Das Waldmadchen" |
11/1796
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72
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8 Var's in C, on "Une fievre brulante' " by Grettry's Richard Coeur de Lion |
c. 1795
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73
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10 Var's (Salieri) in B, on "La stessa la stessissima" by Salieri | |||
74
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6 Var's for Piano duet (Theme to opening stanza, Goethe's poem "Ich denke dein") | |||
75
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7 Var's in F, "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen, from Winter's Das unterbrochene Opferfest | |||
76
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6 Var's in F, on "Tändeln und Scherzen" from Süsmayr's Soliman II | |||
77
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6 Var's in G, on an original Theme | |||
78
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7 Var's in C, on "God save the King" | |||
79
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5 Var's in D, "Rule Brittania" | |||
80
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32 Var's in c on an original theme |
c. 11/1806
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81
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Allemande in A |
c. 1793
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rev 1822 | |
82
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Minuet for Piano in Eb | |||
83
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6 Ecossaise all in Eb |
c. 1806
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84
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Waltz for Piano in Eb | |||
85
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Waltz for Piano in D | |||
86
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Ecossaise for Piano in Eb | |||
87
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Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II | Joseph II died 2/20/1790 | ||
88
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Cantata on the Elevation of Leopold II |
9/1790
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10/1790
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Leopold II elected emperor 9/30/1790 |
89
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Prufung des Kussens | |||
90
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Mit Madeln sich vertragen | |||
91
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2 arias: "O welch ein Leben" in F; "Soll ein Schuh nicht drünken?" in Bb |
c. 1795
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92
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Soprano aria |
c.1791
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92 a
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No, non Turbarti |
early 1802
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93
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Duet "Nei giorni tuoi felici" for soprano and tenor with orchestra | ** ? Solo | ||
94
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Song, "Germania" bass w/chorus & orch.(for G.F.Treitschke's Singspiel "Die gute Nachright") | |||
95
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Chorus w/ orchestra "Die verbundeten Fursten" | |||
96
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Leonore Prohaska [Incidental music, written for drama by Duncker] |
c. 3/1815
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97
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Song,"Es ist vollbracht" for bass voice,chorus&orch. (Treitschke's Singspiel Die Ehrenpforten) | |||
98
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Song, Chorus w/ soprano solo and orch. For "Die Weihe des Hauses" | |||
99
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Italian Partsong | |||
100
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Lob auf den Dicken: Musikalischer Scherz |
late 1801
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101
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"Graf, Graf, liebster Schaf", musical joke | |||
102
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Song, "Abschiedsgesang" for three male voices a cappella | |||
103
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Un lieto brindisi: Cantata campestre |
6/1814
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104
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Song, for three male voices. Song of the monks (Gesang der Mönche) in Schiller's Wilhelm Tell |
5/3/1817
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In memory of his friend Krumpholz who died the previous day. | |
105
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Song, "Hochzeitslied" Wedding song for tenor solo and chorus, w/ pianoforte acc. |
1/1819
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106
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Song, "Lobkowitz-Kantate" |
4/1823
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107
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Song, "Schilderung eines Mädchens" [Author?-Schildern, willst du Freund"] |
?1783
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108
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Song, "An einen Säugling", [J.von Döhring-"Noch weisst du nicht wess Kind du bist"] |
?1784
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109
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Song, "Trinklied" [Author?-"Erhebt das Glas"] |
c. 1792
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110
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Song, "Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels" [Author?-"Stirb immerhin"] |
c. 1790
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111
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Song, "Punschlied" [Author?-"Wer night, wenn warm"] |
c. 1791
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112
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Song, "An Laura" (c.1792) [Friedrich von Matthisson] |
?
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113
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Song, "Klage" (c.1790) [L. Hölty-"Dein Silber schien durch Eichengrün"] |
?
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114
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Song, "Ein Selbstgespräch" (1792) [J.W.L. Gleim] |
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115
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Song, "An Minna" (c.1792) [Author?-"Nur bei dir, an deinem Herzen"] |
?
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116
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Song, "Que le temps me dure"(?"Moll und Dur") 2v. c,C [Jean-Jacques Rousseau] |
early 1794
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117
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Song, "Der freie Mann" [G.C.Pfeffel-"Wer ist ein freier Mann?"] | rev 1794 | ||
118
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Song, "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten; Gegenliebe", [Gottfried August Bürger-"Hast du nicht Liebe zugemessen"; "Wüsst ich, dass du mich lieb" | (Gegenliebe melody later in Choral Fant. op. 80) | ||
119
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Song, "O care selve" [Pietro Metastasio] |
c. 1794
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120
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Song, "Pour Madame Weissenthurn" [Author?-"Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlen"] |
c. 1802
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121
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Song, "Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger"[von Friedelberg-"Keine Klage soll erschallen"] |
c.1798
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122
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Song, "Kriegslied der Osterreicher" [von Friedelberg-'Ein grosses deutches Volk] | |||
123
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Song, "Zärltliche Liebe" [Karl Friedrich Herrosee-"Ich liebe dich"] |
c. 1795
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124
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Song, "La partenza" [Pietro Metastasio-"Ecco quel fiero istante] | |||
125
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Song, "La tiranna" [William Wennington-"Ah grief to think"] | (1st attempt at Eng.text) | ||
126
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Song, "Opferlied" [Friedrich von Matthisson] | rev 1801-2 | ||
127
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Song, "Neue Liebe, neues Leben" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] | |||
128
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Song, "Plaisir d'aimer, [Author ?] | |||
129
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Song, "Der Wachtelschlag" [S.F. Sauter-"Ach, mir schallt's dorten] Arr of Bundeslied (op. 122) for 2 soloists and piano, Hess 92 (Pub. 1825) | |||
130
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Song, "Gedenke mein" [Author?] |
c. 1819
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131
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Song, "Erlkönig" [unfinished] | |||
132
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Song, "Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte" [Stephan von Bruening, based on French text | |||
133
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Song, "In questa tomba oscura" [Giuseppe Cargani] | |||
134
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Song, "Sehnsucht" [4 settings], [J.W. von Goethe-"Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"] by Hoffmann-"Der Hoffnung letzter Schimmer sinkt dahin"] |
early 1808
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Early #2 sketch is on display at the Ira Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies in S.Jose | |
135
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Song, "Die laute Klage" [Johann Gottfried Herder-"Turteltaube, du klagest so laut"] |
c. 1815?
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136
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Song, "Andenken" [Friedrich von Matthisson] | |||
137
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Song, "Lied aus der Ferne" [Christian Ludwig Reissig] | |||
138
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Song, "Der Jüngling in der Fremde" [Christian Ludwig Reissig-"Der Frühling entblühet"] | |||
139
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Song, "Der Liebende" [Christian Ludwig Reissig-"Welch ein wunderbares Leben'] | |||
140
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Song, "An die Geliebte" 2nd ver ("O dass ich dir vom stillen Auge") |
12/1811
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rev 1814 | |
141
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Song, "Der Gesang der Nachtigall" [Johann Gottfried Herder-"Höre, die Nachtigall singt"] |
5/1813
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142
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Song, "Der Bardengeist" [Franz Rudolph Hermann-"Dort auf dem hohen Felsen"] |
11/1813
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143
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Song, "Der Kriegers Abschied" [Christian Ludwig Reissig-"Ich Zieh' ins Feld"] |
late 1814
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144
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Song, "Merkenstein" [Johann Baptist Rupprecht] | |||
145
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Song, "Das Geheimnis" [Ignaz von Wessenberg-"Wo blüht das Blümchen"] | |||
146
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Song, "Sehnsucht" [Christian Ludwig Reissig-"Die stille Nacht umdunkelt"] |
early 1816
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147
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Song, "Ruf vom Berge" [Friedrich Treitschke-"Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär"] |
12/1816
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148
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Song, "So oder so" [Carl Lappe-"Nord oder Süd] |
early 1817
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149
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Song, "Resignation" [Paul von Haugwitz-"Lisch aus, mein Licht] |
c. 1814
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early 1817
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early sketches c.1814 |
150
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Song, "Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel" [Heinrich Goeble"Wenn die Sonne nieder sinket"] | |||
151
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Song, "Der edle Mensch sei hilfreich und gut" [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] |
1/1823
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152
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25 Irish songs | Pub. 1814 | ||
153
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20 Irish songs | Pub. 1816 | ||
154
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12 Irish songs | Pub. 1816 | ||
155
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26 Welsh songs | Pub. 1817 | ||
156
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12 Scottish songs |
(? Date)
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Pub. #1:1822, #2-4,8,9,12:1824-5, #5,6:1839, #7,10,11: 1841 | |
157
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12 Assorted folksongs |
(? Date)
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Pub. #2,6,8,11:1816, #3:1822, #5:1824-5, #1: 1839 | |
158 #1
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23 Continental folksongs |
(? Date)
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158 #2
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7 British folksongs |
(? Date)
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158 #3
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6 Assorted folksongs |
(? Date)
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159
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"Im Arm der Liebe" |
c. 1795
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160
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Two Canons, untexted, in G and C |
c. 1795
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161
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"Ewig dein" |
c. 1811?
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162
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"Ta ta ta", four-part canon; Spurious - written by Anton Schindler | |||
163
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"Kurz ist der Schmerz", For Johann Friedrich Naue |
11/1813
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164
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"Freundschaft ist die Quelle" |
9/1814
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165
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"Glück zum neuen Jahr", for Baron von Pasqualati |
1/1815
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166
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"Kurz ist der Schmerz", for Louis Spohr |
3/1815
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167
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"Brauchle, Linke", three-part canon |
c. 1815
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168
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"Das Schweigen", "Das Reden", two farewell canons for Neate leaving for London |
1/24/1816
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169
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"Ich küsse Sie", two-part canon |
1/1816
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170
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"Ars longa, vita brevis" For Johann Nepomuk Hummel |
4/1816
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171
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"Glück fehl' dir vor allem" For Anna Giannatasio del Rio | |||
172
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"Ich bitt' dich" For Vincent Hauschka |
c. 1818?
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173
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"Hol' euch der Teufel" (puzzle cannon) for Sigmund Anton Steiner |
sum. 1819
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174
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"Glaube und hoffe" for Moritz Schlesinger [not strictly a cannon] |
9/1820
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175
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"Sankt Petrus war ein Fels", canon |
c. 1820
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176
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"Glück, Glück zum neuen Jahr", three-part canon |
12/1820
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177
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"Bester Magistrat" |
c. 1820
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178
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"Signor Abate" for Abbe' Stadler? |
c. 1820?
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179
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"Alles Gute" for Archduke Rudolph |
12/1819
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180
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"Hoffman, sei ja kein Hofmann", two-part canon |
3/1820
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181
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Three canons: "Gedenket heute"; "Gehabt euch"; "Tugend ist" | |||
182
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"O Tobias!", three-part canon |
9/1821
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183
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"Bester Herr Graf, Sie sind ein Schaf!", 4-part canon, musical joke |
2/20/1823
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184
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"Falstafferel, lass' dich sehen", five-part canon |
4/1823
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185
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"Edel sei der Mensch", six-part canon (2 versions in E and Eb) |
c. 5/1823
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186
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"Te solo adoro", two-part canon |
6/1824
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187
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"Schwenke dich", four-part canon |
11/1824
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188
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"Gott ist eine feste Burg" |
1/1825
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189
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"Doktor, sperrt das Tor", four-part canon |
5/1825
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190
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"Ich war hier, Doktor", two-part canon |
6/1825
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191
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"Kühl, nicht lau", three-part canon |
11/1825
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192
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"Ars longa, vita brevis" (puzzle cannon) for Sir George Smart |
11/1825
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193
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"Ars longa, vita brevis" (puzzle cannon) |
?1825
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194
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"Si non per portas", canon |
9/1825
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195
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"Freu' dich des Lebens" for Theodor Molt |
12/1825
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196
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"Es muss sein" for Ignaz Dembscher |
c. 7/1826
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197
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"Da ist das Werk" |
9/1826
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198
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"Wir irren allesamt", two-part canon |
12/1826
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199
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"Ich bin der Herr von zu", musical quip [Intended for Archduke Rudolph] | |||
200
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"Theme for variations, "O Hoffnung" [Theme for Archduke Rudolph who cmp. 40 var's.] | |||
201
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"Ich bin bereit! Amen", set to music [In a letter to Vincenz Hauschka - letter 903] | |||
202
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"Das Schöne zu dem Guten", set to music [Musical motto] | |||
203
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"Das Schöne zu dem Guten", set to music [Musical motto, puzzle cannon] | |||
204
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"Holz, Holz geigt die Quartette so" [Musical joke in conversation book of September 1825] | |||
205 a
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"Baron, Baron, Baron", musical quip [In letter Zmeskall, Letter 29] |
c. 1798
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to Beethoven's friend Nikolaus von Zmeskall, in a letter dating from 1798 or 1799. The three inital phrases appear as separate chunks; we present them here both separately and together.(see: unheard beethoven) | |
205 b
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"Allein, allein, allein", musical quip [To Count Lichnowsky, Letter 498] | (Alone, alone, alone however. Be silent!!), in a letter to Count Moritz Lichnowsky of September 21, 1814. Presented here worked out as a two-part canon.(see: unheard beethoven) | ||
205 c
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"O Adjutant", musical quip [To Haslinger, Letter 742] | to Tobias Haslinger in a letter of January 1817. Haslinger worked at Steiner's publishing company from 1810, and took it over in 1826. Beethoven liked to address Steiner as the Lieutenant General and Haslinger as the Adjutant-General, with Beethoven as Generalissimo of their imaginary musical army.(see: unheard beethoven) | ||
205 d
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"Wo? Wo?", musical quip [To Nanette Streicher Letter 789 or 792] | "Where? Where?" to Frau Nanette Streicher in a letter of July 30, 1817. Frau Streicher was the daughter of a famous piano maker; Beethoven in his later life depended much upon her for domestic advice and assistance and for help in dealing with his nephew Karl. At the close of this letter, Beethoven writes: "Wo sind meine Bettdecken?" (Where are my blankets?), in response to which the musical fragment follows. (see: unheard beethoven) | ||
205 e
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"Erfüllung, Erfüllung", set to music [To Archduke Rudolph, Letter 948] | "Fulfillment, fulfillment" in letter to Archduke Rudolph referring to the Archduke's appointment as Prince-Archbishop of Olmuetz.(see: unheard beethoven) | ||
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"Scheut euch nicht", set to music [To Treitschke, Letter 1068] | A canon to Friedrich von Treitschke with the second and third voices a third lower, creating ambiguity (unclear whether in F major or D minor). (see: unheard beethoven) | ||
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"Tobias! Paternostergassler", set to music [To Haslinger, Letter 1312] | "Tobias! Our Father Alley. Tobias! Our-Father-Alley-Dweller, beerhouse-ddwelling musical Philistine!" (Parody on liturgical practice in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches of a priest reciting a text on a single note, moving up a second on the penultimate note then back again. (see: unheard beethoven) | ||
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"Tobias, Tobias", musical setting [To Haslinger, Letter 1365] | (mp3-unheard Beethoven) To Haslinger | ||
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"Bester Tobias", musical setting [To Haslinger, Letter 1534] | (mp3-unheard Beethoven) "My dear To[bias] - in an Oct. letter to Haslinger letter reads "There is no time today for the remaining consonating and voweling. | ||
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"Erster aller Tobiasse", musical setting [To Haslinger, Letter 1536] | "First above all, Tobias" in an Oct. 13th letter to Haslinger. (see: unheard beethoven) |