Egmont Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Frank Winterbottom)

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General Info

Year: 1810 / 1924
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This overture clearly represents Beethoven as a political liberal and a champion of the oppressed. Based on a tragedy by Goethe, Beethoven's work is intended as incidental music for the play which was produced in Vienna in 1810. The plot relates to the Dutch patriot Count Egmont, one of the leaders of the revolt against the tyrannical Duke of Alva, who is sent to suppress the budding succession of the Netherlands from Spain. Egmont is treacherously seized and condemned to public execution. Asleep in prison, he dreams of the goddess of liberty, whose face is that of his beloved Clarchen. She tells him that in dying he will secure the eventual victory of his people and be hailed as a conqueror. He awakens, the soldiers enter, and they lead him to the scaffold. His last words are "Fight for your hearth and homes, and die joyfully -- after my example -- to save that which you hold most dear."

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

The opening chords of the overture have been interpreted to represent the weight of Spanish oppression. The main section of the work describes the rapidly developing rebellion, and the close of the work proclaims victory for the forces of freedom.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

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State Ratings

Kansas: V
Louisiana: IV
Maryland: V
Tennessee: VI

Performances

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Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta Ga.) (Raymond Handfield, conductor) - 22 March 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1812/2011)
Europa (Flex instrumentation) (with Charpentier; arr. Haan) (2009)
The Great Beethoven Bonanza (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Jones) (2015)
March of the Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1805/2019)
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1824/2018)
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1824/2020)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/2014)
Variations on a Motive of Beethoven (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1826/2020)

All Wind Works

Adagio Cantabile (arr. Daehn) (1798/2009)
Adagio Pathétique (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2011)
Allegretto (arr. Court) (1812/1997)
Allegretto (ar. Longfield) (1812/2011)
Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1812/2011)
The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (arr. Evans) (1812/2013)
Allegro con Brio (tr. Kreines) (1804-1808/)
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, 2nd Movement (arr. Harnsberger) (1804-1808/)
Coriolan Overture (tr. Hanna) (1807/2014)
Drei zapfenstreiche (adopt. Schaefer) (1808-1810/1984)
Écossaise for Military Band (arr. Stalter) (1810/2015)
Egmont Overture (arr. Grevenbroek) (1810/2012)
Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
Egmont Overture (tr. McLain) (1810/2015)
Egmont Overture (arr. Tobani) (1810/1900)
Egmont Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1810/1924)
Eroica (arr. Ripley) (1804/1900)
Europa (Flex instrumentation) (with Charpentier; arr. Haan) (2009)
The European Anthem (arr. Karajan) (1824/1972)
Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (arr. Isaac) (1804-1808/1965)
Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (adapt. Longfield) (1804-1808/2020)
First and Second Movements from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1921)
Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble (arr. Reynolds) (1975)
For Elise (arr. Long) (1810/1992)
Für Elise (arr. Hautvast) (1810/2020)
Für Elise (arr. Korson) (1810/1867/20--?)
Grand Serenade (arr. Crusell; ed. Rogers) (1800/2004)
The Great Beethoven Bonanza (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Jones) (2015)
Grosse Fuge (arr. Roxburgh) (1825/1995)
The Heavens Resound (arr. Kinyon) (1803/1990)
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr. Kirkland) (1824/1982)
Leonore Overture No. 3 (tr. Hindsley) (1806/197-?)
Marcia alla Turca (arr. Rondeau) (1809/2011)
March in B-flat. See: Marsch
March in F (arr. Dunnigan) (1809/1995)
March of the Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1805/2019)
Marsch (c. 1798/1865)
Military March (Beethoven) (adapt. Greissle) (1816/1827/1945)
Military March in D (ed. Bourgeois) (1816/2003)
Moonlight Sonata (arr. Poor) (1801/2010)
Octet (1792/1834)
Octet (arr. Byrd) (1792/1834/2021)
Ode to Joy (arr. Barrett) (1824/1965/1995)
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1824/2018)
Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1824/2020)
Overture to "Fidelio" (arr. Sedlak) (1814/1814)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr. Odom) (1795/2019)
Presto from "Symphony No. 7" (tr. Thompson) (1811/2018)
Prometheus Overture (arr. Barnes) (1801/1963)
Prometheus Overture (arr. Slocum) (1801/1987)
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op 16 (1796)
Reflections in Moonlight (arr. Smith) (1801/2007)
Rocking 4 Elise (arr. Berger) (1810/2014)
Rondino (1793/195-?)
Scherzo and Finale from the Fifth Symphony (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1920)
Scherzo from "Symphony No. 9" (arr. Bocook) (1824/2004)
Septet in E-flat Major, op. 20 (arr. Crusell)
Sextet (1796)
Sextet (1796/2020)
Siegessinfonie (ed. Whitwell) (1813/2013)
Six Country Dances (tr. McAlister) (1988)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Mvt. 1 (arr. Yu) (1800/2014?)
Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 (tr. Schmitt; ed. Marlow) (1800/1817/2007)
Symphony No. 3 (tr. Moehlmann; ed. Rogers) (1804/2020)
Symphony No. 5: Second Movement (arr. Harnsberger). See: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, 2nd Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C minor (arr. Godfrey)
- First and Second Movements (arr. Godfrey). See: First and Second Movements from Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Third and Fourth Movements (arr. Godfrey). See: Scherzo and Finale from the Fifth Symphony
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/2014)
Symphony No. 7 (arr. Sedlak) (1812/1989?)
Symphony No. 9 (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
Three Equale (1812)
Turkish March (arr. Curnow) (1809/2001)
Variations on a Motive of Beethoven (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1826/2020)
The Yorck Marche. See: March in F

Resources

Beethoven, L; Winterbottom, F. (1924). Egmont: Overture [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: London.
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Ludwig van Beethoven." Accessed 30 March 2015.
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 45.