Choral fantasy op 80 beethoven piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn (then an independent electorate) probably on December 16, 1770 (he was baptized on the 17th), and died in Vienna on March 26, 1827. He composed the Choral Fantasy at the last possible moment to serve as grand finale for his own benefit concert of December 22, 1808, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. He himself was the pianist on that occasion.
In addition to the piano soloist, vocal soloists (two sopranos, alto, two tenors, and bass), and chorus, the score of the Choral Fantasy calls for an orchestra of flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons in pairs, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings.
After having contributed both as composer and performer to a series of charity concerts in 1807 and 1808, Beethoven received permission to use the Theater an der Wien for a concert for his own benefit (i.e., one in which he would receive any profits that might accrue) on December 22, 1808. He chose this opportunity to reveal to the world some of his major new compositions in a program that consisted entirely of first performances of his music. Among the new works were such major pieces as the Fourth Piano Concerto (for which Beethoven himself was to be the soloist) and the Fifth and Sixth symphonies, as well as the concert aria “Ah! perfid
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Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
Musical composition by Ludwig van Beethoven
The Fantasy for piano, vocal soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra, Op. 80, usually called the Choral Fantasy, was composed in 1808 by then 38-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven.
Beethoven intended the Fantasy to serve as the concluding work for the benefit concert he put on for himself on 22 December 1808; the performers consisted of vocal soloists, mixed chorus, an orchestra, and Beethoven himself as piano soloist. The Fantasy was designed to include all the participants in the program and thus unites all of these musical forces.
The work is noted as a precursor to the later Ninth Symphony.
Background, composition, and premiere
[edit]The Fantasia was first performed at the Akademie of 22 December 1808, a benefit concert which also saw the premieres of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and the Fourth Piano Concerto as well as a performance of excerpts of the Mass in C major. To conclude this memorable concert program, Beethoven wanted a "brilliant finale" that would unite in a single piece the different musical elements highlighted in the concert night: piano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra. The Fantasia, Op. 80, written shortly before, was thus composed expressly to fulfil thi
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