Egmont, Op. 84

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concert overture incidental music

Egmont, Op. 84 is Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic incidental music composed for Goethe’s tragedy "Egmont," renowned for its powerful overture and themes of resistance against oppression.

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Egmont (Beethoven overture) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture ⓘ
incidental music ⓘ
associatedWith Austrian resistance to Napoleon ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars era NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Egmont (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 84 ⓘ
commissionedBy Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateComposed 1809–1810 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Princess Maria von Lobkowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Burgtheater, Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1810 ⓘ
genre incidental music ⓘ
overture ⓘ
hasTextBy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later 19th-century programmatic overtures ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movement Entr’acte I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Entr’acte II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Entr’acte III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Entr’acte IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Entr’acte V NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lied (Die Trommel gerühret) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melodrama I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melodrama II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Overture ⓘ
Siegessymphonie (Victory Symphony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePart Egmont Overture NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecording Herbert von Karajan – Berlin Philharmonic (Egmont Overture) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein – Vienna Philharmonic (Egmont Overture) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 84 ⓘ
overtureApproximateDuration 8–9 minutes ⓘ
overtureForm sonata form ⓘ
overtureKey F minor ⓘ
period Classical ⓘ
placeComposed Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoring chorus ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voice ⓘ
style Beethovenian heroic style ⓘ
subjectMatter Count Egmont NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch resistance to Spanish rule ⓘ
theme heroic sacrifice ⓘ
resistance against oppression ⓘ
workNumberInBeethovenOeuvre 84 ⓘ
yearCompleted 1810 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egmont → incidentalMusicTitle → Egmont, Op. 84 ⓘ
Lamoral, Count of Egmont → inspiredWork → Egmont, Op. 84 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egmont (Beethoven overture)