Sinfonia Eroica, Op. 55. Aggiustata per il pianoforte a quattro mani...da A. E. Muller.

Lipsia [Liepzig]: C.F. Peters. [1814]. Oblong folio. Engraved, [PN] 520. [2] 2-45 pp.  Light spotting throughout, especially to early and final pages, else fine. Titelauflage of the first edition of this arrangement of the great Symphony, Opus 55 for piano, 4 hands. Kinsky-Halm p. 130.

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55 (Sinfonia Eroica) is a structurally rigorous composition which marked the beginning of Beethoven's creative middle-period. Beethoven originally dedicated the third symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, who he believed embodied the democratic and anti-monarchical ideals of the French Revolution, but when he heard that Napoleon had declared himself emperor, Beethoven withdrew his dedication and re-dedicated the work to Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz. The finale is a set of variations on a theme Beethoven had used in earlier works, notably Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (1801) and the Eroica Variations. (13820)

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