Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827) Achte Große Sinfonie. 93tes Werk. Partitur.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827)

Achte Große Sinfonie. 93tes Werk. Partitur.

Vienna: Haslinger. [1837]. Title, 133 pp. Engraved. [PN] 7060. Contemporary red cloth and boards. Scattered light foxing rarely extending to within the plate, first two leaves partially adhered along the gutter and repaired with paper (without losses). A very good copy. The second edition of the great Eighth Symphony and the first to be published in this folio size. Kinsky/Halm p. 265; Hoboken II, 407.

Begun in the summer of 1812, the symphony was first performed on 27 February, 1812. When asked by his pupil Carl Czerny why the Eighth was less popular than the Seventh, Beethoven is said to have replied, "because the Eighth is so much better." (8202)

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