Overture No. 1 for the Opera “Leonore” (1807)
Study Score
Henle Study Scores Softcover
Overture No. 1 for the Opera “Leonore” (1807)
Study Score
Henle Study Scores Softcover
- Henle Study Scores
- Henle Urtext Edition
- Softcover
- Study Score
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Helga Lühning
- 19.95 (US)
Beethoven wrote a total of four overtures for his only opera, “Leonore”/“Fidelio”. The so-called Leonore Overture no. 1 is third in the series by chronology, having been written in 1806/07 for a performance in Prague that never materialised. For a long while it was erroneously regarded as a predecessor to the Leonore Overture no. 2 that Beethoven discarded, which greatly tarnished its reception. And yet it pays off to take an impartial look at this overture, which is substantially shorter than nos. 2 and 3, since with its more lyrical than dramatic character, it casts a new light on Beethoven's struggle to find the ideal opening to his stage work. Featuring a new preface, it now appears as a study edition prepared on the basis of the musical text of the Beethoven Complete Edition.
Instrumentation
- Orchestra
Product Details
- #HL 51489044
- 888680991241
- HN9044
- 6.75"
- 9.5"
- 36 Pages
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