Beethoven’s Egmont overture
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Beethoven’s Egmont overture is a dramatic orchestral work that serves as the powerful and widely performed musical introduction to his incidental music for Goethe’s tragedy "Egmont."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beethoven’s Egmont Overture | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | concert overture ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 8–10 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleonic occupation of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragedy Egmont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 84 ⓘ |
| closingSection | triumphal coda in F major ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | production of Goethe’s Egmont ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1809–1810 ⓘ |
| depicts |
heroism of Count Egmont
ⓘ
struggle against oppression ⓘ tragedy and ultimate victory of freedom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dramatic
ⓘ
heroic ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| endsInKey | F major ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
brass
ⓘ
strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1810s ⓘ |
| genre |
overture
ⓘ
programmatic orchestral music ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dutch resistance to Spanish rule ⓘ |
| key | F minor ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | instrumental (no sung text) ⓘ |
| movementNumberInWork | 1 ⓘ |
| oftenRecorded | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont
ⓘ
Op. 84 (Egmont, incidental music) ⓘ |
| period | Classical ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularIn | symphonic concert repertoire ⓘ |
| positionInWork | opening movement ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1810 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coriolan Overture NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonore Overture No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| structure | slow introduction and fast main section ⓘ |
| style | early Romantic ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | F minor ⓘ |
| widelyPerformed | yes ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | 84 ⓘ |
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