The second movement-Allegretto-was particularly loved, leading to outbreaks of applause before the third movement during a number of early performances. Its huge popularity led to three performances in the ten weeks following its premiere. Unlike some of Beethoven’s other symphonies such as the Third and the Fifth, which we now regard as great works but were initially resisted to some degree by the composer’s contemporaries, the Viennese audience immediately embraced the Seventh Symphony, and considered it among their favorite orchestral works. The program also included the first performance of the “Battle Symphony” Wellington’s Victory, an anti-Napoleon patriotic showpiece which celebrated the British victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain (Steinberg, The Symphony: A Listener’s Guide, 38-43). This concert was probably the most successful in Beethoven’s lifetime. The Seventh Symphony was premiered in the great hall of the University in Vienna on December 8, 1813, as part of a charity concert for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Hanau. Beethoven finally started working on the A major Symphony in earnest in the fall of 1811 in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice, where he had travelled to improve his health, and completed it in April 1812. In 1809, he noted some short ideas marked “Sinfonia” in his sketchbooks, though some of them were not used in the later symphonies. The vacancy of symphonic work did not imply that Beethoven was no longer interested in being publicly recognized as a symphonic composer (Lockwood, Beethoven’s Symphonies, 146). Although Beethoven did not compose any symphony during the intervening years, he remained productive in other genres, especially keyboard and chamber music, and produced some of his most important works, including the “Emperor” Piano Concerto, the “Lebewohl” (Farewell) Piano Sonata, and the “Archduke” Piano Trio. 92 was composed in 1811-12, more than three years after the premiere of the Fifth and the Sixth Symphonies. Sonata-Allegro, with hints of Rondo.īeethoven’s Symphony No. Scherzo (Presto, MM=132)/Trio (Assai meno presto, MM=84). Ostinato variation (developing, passacaglia) with fugato. Steiner & Co., Vienna.įirst published score: Dec. Biblioteka Jagiellońska website.įirst published parts: Dec. Orchestra size for first or early performance: 13+12.7.6.4/single winds (estimated, based on Beethoven letter).Īutograph Score: Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków. 1813, Akademie at University Concert Hall, Vienna. Instrumentation: Strings, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tr, Timp.įirst performance: 8 Dec. Dedication: Count Moritz von Fries ( portrait).
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