Octavo. Title lithographed, engraved music. Title (v.b.); 1–182 pp. [PN] 4302. Nicely bound in contemporary gilt-lettered calf, corners lightly worn; a few leaves slightly foxed, two leaves loose, else fine throughout. Kinsky-Halm, 160; Fuld, 557; Hoboken, 302.
This is the first edition of the score of arguably the most famous symphony in the entire repertoire. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has been known variously as the Fate Symphony and the Victory Symphony, and played as the signature work in the inaugural concerts of several symphony orchestras since its famous première in a four-hour concert in Vienna on December 22, 1808. “Beethoven struggled for over four years with The Fifth Symphony in C minor (op. 67), the most loved & widely performed symphony of all time. The work seems to exemplify the defiant spirit of the human race to continue to strive against adversity” (Duval, Essential Canon of Classical Music).
Octavo. Title lithographed, engraved music. Title (v.b.); 1–182 pp. [PN] 4302. Nicely bound in contemporary gilt-lettered calf, corners lightly worn; a few leaves slightly foxed, two leaves loose, else fine throughout. Kinsky-Halm, 160; Fuld, 557; Hoboken, 302.
This is the first edition of the score of arguably the most famous symphony in the entire repertoire. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has been known variously as the Fate Symphony and the Victory Symphony, and played as the signature work in the inaugural concerts of several symphony orchestras since its famous première in a four-hour concert in Vienna on December 22, 1808. “Beethoven struggled for over four years with The Fifth Symphony in C minor (op. 67), the most loved & widely performed symphony of all time. The work seems to exemplify the defiant spirit of the human race to continue to strive against adversity” (Duval, Essential Canon of Classical Music).