Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt
by Ludwig van Beethoven
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir, orchestra (SATB choir)

SKU: AN.AMP-5018

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Simon Carrington. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 5018. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-5018).

Beethoven/Carrington.

Beethoven held the great German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1932) in high regard.

They met in 1812, and Beethoven set this pair of poems to music two years later. The composer later wrote to the poet that by reason of their contrasting moods these two poems seem to me very suitable for the expression of contrast in music. I would be delighted to know whether I have united my harmony with yours in an appropriate fashion.

Beethoven certainly exaggerates this contrast to wild effect; no one knows whether Goethe approved or found it excessive!