Beethoven (as adapted Seiss): Contre-Tanze (Country Dance) No.2 - wind quintet by Ludwig van Beethoven Woodwind Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

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Contre-Tanze (Country Dance) No.2 (adapted Seiss)

Beethoven wrote 12 Country Dances WoO14 for orchestra .

They are all quite short: some have trios.

They are probably better known as  a set of 3 piano pieces called  Contre-Tanzes  which are noted "frei bearbeitet von Isidor Wilhelm Seiss" (freely adapted by  Isidor Wilhelm Seiss)

 Isidor Seiss (23 December 1840 – 25 September 1905) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, piano pedagogue and philanthropist.

They have a "romantic feel" to them.

Each one of Seiss's 3 country dances are made up of extracts from 3 of Beethoven's. In some cases he uses only the trio, other times he uses the first 8 bars. Extracts are also transposed when needed to fit the home key of the piece.

My arrangement is based on the  musical layout of Seiss's Dance Number 2 which utilises extracts of Beethoven's as follows: The trio from No.5, the Trio from No 6  and part of No.12.

Seiss freely adapts Beethoven's melodies and chordal structure.

 I have used Beethoven's original orchestration as a guide to give a more authentic  classical sound.

The horn part is for a natural horn in Eb.

I have ignored the coda from Seiss's arrangement.

Hope you enjoy them.