HENLE LUDWIG Van Beethoven Symphony No.7 A Major Op.92

Symphony no. 7 A major op. 92

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Ernst Herttrich (Editor)

Urtext Edition, Study score (pocket score), paperbound

Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel

Pages 120 (X+110), Size 17,0 x 24,0 cm

Weight 247 g

HN 9817 · ISMN 979-0-2018-9817-9

The premiere of this work in December 1813 ranks among the greatest successes Beethoven ever celebrated in public as a composer. One reviewer wrote at the time that in its themes the new symphony was “so favourable and easily comprehensible that every music lover falls for the powerful allure of its beauty”. The incisiveness of the themes is fundamentally related to the basic ostinato rhythms, which help shape each movement’s distinctive character. Richard Wagner even called the composition, with its ecstatic finale, an “apotheosis of the dance”. Based on the musical text of the Beethoven Complete Edition and furnished with a new preface, this recently prepared edition reflects the latest in Beethoven scholarship. Now, in this study edition, it is available to everyone at a reasonable price and in a handy format.