 The Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op 80 (Prelude) Adagio |
| File: | beetcfant.nwc (October 2005) 9 kB |
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| Full name of work: | The Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op 80 (Prelude) Adagio |
| NWC Version: |  |
| Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German |
| Lyricist: | N/A |
| First line: | N/A |
| Music category: | Classical/Secular |
| Instruments: | Piano |
| Name of file creator: | Carl B. Mill |
| e-mail address: | TheAppraisalMill "at" aol "dot" com |
| Running time: | 2:42 |
| Comments: | Beethoven's CHORAL FANTASY, for piano, choir, and orchestra in c minor op. 80, marks Beethoven's first successful marriage of choral and instrumental music, something he would revisit with glorious results in his Ninth Symphony. The Choral Fantasy, which includes a long piano solo that Beethoven wrote for himself, was composed in 1808 as the finale of a long concert that also featured the premieres of Beethoven's fifth and sixth symphonies. He wrote the work just days before the performance; in fact, scholars believe that most of the piano solo was improvised during the performance. Requires Boxmark2 fonts. Comments invited, address to TheAppraisalMill@aol.com |