Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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Work: | Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 81b |
Year Composed: | 1795 |
Instrumentation: | 2hn, 2vn, va, vc |
Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Litolff Editions |
Duration: | 00:18:00 |
Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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The Sextet in E flat major, Opus 81b, for two horns and string quartet, was written in 1794 and 1795. It was published by Simrock in 1810, the year of publication by Breitkopf of the other wind sextet, for pairs of clarinets, bassoons and horns. It is a work of very considerable charm which makes very considerable demands on the wind-players in music that gives them prominence. The first movement is in the expected form and is followed by a slow movement in which the principal theme is again entrusted first to the horns, before the strings allow them brief respite. The final Rondo again allows Beethoven to make use of figuration characteristic of the hunting- horn, before the strings take over. The principal theme intervenes between the expected contrasting episodes that make up the rondo.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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