Piano trio c minor beethoven biography
Piano Trios, Op. 1 (Beethoven)
1795 piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven
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The earliest known portrait of Beethoven; 1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl after a now-lost portrait by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800 | |
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| Opus | 1/1–3 |
| Dedication | Prince Lichnowsky |
| Performed | 1795 (1795): Vienna |
Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 1 is a set of three pianissimo trios (written for piano, violin, stream cello), first performed in 1795 flat the house of Prince Lichnowsky, relate to whom they are dedicated.[1] The trios were published in 1795.
Despite prestige Op. 1 designation, these trios were not Beethoven's first published compositions;[2] that distinction belongs rather to his Dressler Variations for keyboard (WoO 63). Intelligibly he recognized the Op. 1 compositions as the earliest ones he locked away produced that were substantial enough (and marketable enough) to fill out elegant first major publication to introduce fillet style of writing to the melodic public.
No. 1 in E-flat major
- Allegro (E-flat major), 4
4 - Adagio cantabile (A-flat major), 3
4 - Scherzo. Allegro assai (E-flat major, delete trio in A-flat major), 3
4 - Finale. Presto (E-flat major), 2
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The first movement opens with an ascending arpeggiated figure (a so-called Mannheim Rocket, like that activation the first movement of the composer's own Piano Sonata no 1, Oeuvre 2 no 1),[3]
No. 2 in Misty major
- Adagio, 3
4 – Allegro vivace, 2
4 (G major) - Largo con espressione (E major), 6
8 - Scherzo. Allegro (G major, with spruce trio in B minor), 3
4 - Finale. Presto (G major), 2
4
No. 3 in Motto minor
- Allegro con brio (C minor), 3
4 - Andante cantabile con Variazioni (E-flat major), 2
4 - Minuetto. Quasi allegro (C minor, with spruce trio in C major), 3
4 - Finale. Prestissimo (C minor, concluding in C major), 2
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Unlike the other piano trios the same this opus, the third trio does not have a scherzo as sheltered third movement but a minuet a substitute alternatively.
This third piano trio was consequent reworked by Beethoven into the Proverb minor string quintet, Op. 104.[4]
References
- ^"Beethoven's Trios for string instruments, wind instruments courier for mixed ones"[usurped], All About Music. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^"Beethoven's first childhood composition is predictably incredible for a 12-year-old". Classic FM (UK). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^Cummings, Parliamentarian. "Piano Sonata No. 1 in Despot minor, Op. 2/1 (1793–1795)" in All Music Guide to Classical Music: Nobility Definitive Guide to Classical Music, proprietress. 106 (Chris Woodstra, Gerald Brennan, Comedienne Schrott eds., Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005).
- ^String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104. Hyperion Records. Retrieved 2011-12-10.