Fidelio Op. 72
Overture to the Opera - Urtext
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Viola (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.OB-5511-19

Overture to the Opera - Urtext. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Christian Rudolf Riedel. This edition: viola part. Orchestra; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). For the new Fidelio Overture, which was written at lightning speed in 1814, there is a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library which offers a reliable basis for a new, text-critical edition. Overture; Classical. Part. 8 pages. Duration 7'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5511-19. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5511-19).

ISBN 9790004339084. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Urtext virgin territory: the Fidelio OvertureTo this day, the two major Fidelio overtures are still performed from music texts that go back to the imprecise and corrupted first editions of the parts. In the meantime, however, the state of the sources for both works has significantly improved through many new findings.For the new Fidelio Overture, which was written at lightning speed in 1814 for the reprise of the opera (and was performed with a slight delay), there is a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library which offers a reliable basis for a new, text-critical edition. This manuscript, in which one finds countless indications of corrections and completions in Beethoven's hand, is the only extant source that was examined by the composer himself.

For the new Fidelio Overture, which was written at lightning speed in 1814, there is a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library which offers a reliable basis for a new, text-critical edition.