Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 93
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition
[orch] duration: 27' 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – timp – str
The study score („Studien-Edition“) is available at G. Henle Verlag.
The 9 full scores of the symphonies are available as single editions and in an attractive slipcase (PB 14680) at a special price.
Description
Beethoven drafted his Eighth Symphony in F major between autumn 1811 and the winter months of 1812/13, directly after completing his Seventh Symphony; thus, these two symphonies were composed even more closely together than had been the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th as the two previously paired symphonies. The Seventh and Eighth were rehearsed together in April 1813, though for unknown reasons the Eighth was not premiered until February 1814, two and a half months after the Seventh.
Since, unlike many of his other works, Beethoven carefully proofread the text of the Eighth’s first edition (1817), the print contains comparatively few errors. The engraver’s copy by the copyist Diabelli (at that time still a Steiner publishing-house employee) does, however, also contain additions and refinements, whose authorization by the composer is questionable. Within the context of the new Beethoven Complete Edition, editor Ernst Herttrich nevertheless succeeded in presenting a meticulously and carefully crafted music text based on the autograph and the first edition, which, as a “definitive” edition, has the greatest plausibility and validity.
PB 14618
score
EAN: 9790004214930
80 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 365 g / softbound
OB 14618-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004347249
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 86 g / stapled
OB 14618-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004347256
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 86 g / stapled
OB 14618-19
viola
EAN: 9790004347263
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 86 g / stapled
OB 14618-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004347270
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 56 g / stapled
OB 14618-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004347287
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 64 g / stapled
OB 14618-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004347294
136 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 566 g / folder
Description
Description
Beethoven drafted his Eighth Symphony in F major between autumn 1811 and the winter months of 1812/13, directly after completing his Seventh Symphony; thus, these two symphonies were composed even more closely together than had been the 3rd/4th and 5th/6th as the two previously paired symphonies. The Seventh and Eighth were rehearsed together in April 1813, though for unknown reasons the Eighth was not premiered until February 1814, two and a half months after the Seventh.
Since, unlike many of his other works, Beethoven carefully proofread the text of the Eighth’s first edition (1817), the print contains comparatively few errors. The engraver’s copy by the copyist Diabelli (at that time still a Steiner publishing-house employee) does, however, also contain additions and refinements, whose authorization by the composer is questionable. Within the context of the new Beethoven Complete Edition, editor Ernst Herttrich nevertheless succeeded in presenting a meticulously and carefully crafted music text based on the autograph and the first edition, which, as a “definitive” edition, has the greatest plausibility and validity.