Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68
Pastoral Symphony – Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition
[orch] duration: 40' picc.2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.0 – 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
It was only shortly after the 5th Symphony that Beethoven completed the Pastoral Symphony. The two formed a complementary work pair, consigned together to a patron in June 1808, publicly premiered in Vienna in December 1808, and published by Breitkopf & Härtel in the spring of 1809. During this period, Beethoven revised the symphony several times. Only in the course of preparing for publication did Beethoven send Breitkopf & Härtel a letter, together with a list of corrections, disclosing the title that he desired, “Pastoral Symphony or recollections of country life. More an expression of feeling than painting.” The Pastoral with its tone-painting elements gives evidence of Beethoven’s closeness to nature, characterizing in five movements his various experiences and images of nature. Based on the music text of the Beethoven Complete Edition, the new performance material of this recently published edition presents the current, authoritative status of Beethoven research for this work.
PB 14616
score
EAN: 9790004214916
112 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 484 g / softbound
OB 14616-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004344477
20 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 97 g / stapled
OB 14616-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004344484
20 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 102 g / stapled
OB 14616-19
viola
EAN: 9790004344491
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 81 g / stapled
OB 14616-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004344507
24 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 113 g / stapled
OB 14616-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004344514
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 14616-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004344521
128 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 537 g / folder
Description
Description
It was only shortly after the 5th Symphony that Beethoven completed the Pastoral Symphony. The two formed a complementary work pair, consigned together to a patron in June 1808, publicly premiered in Vienna in December 1808, and published by Breitkopf & Härtel in the spring of 1809. During this period, Beethoven revised the symphony several times. Only in the course of preparing for publication did Beethoven send Breitkopf & Härtel a letter, together with a list of corrections, disclosing the title that he desired, “Pastoral Symphony or recollections of country life. More an expression of feeling than painting.” The Pastoral with its tone-painting elements gives evidence of Beethoven’s closeness to nature, characterizing in five movements his various experiences and images of nature. Based on the music text of the Beethoven Complete Edition, the new performance material of this recently published edition presents the current, authoritative status of Beethoven research for this work.